{"id":211303,"date":"2019-04-24T21:38:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T01:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=211303"},"modified":"2019-04-24T21:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T01:38:20","slug":"lrt-1-cavite-extension-construction-set-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/24\/lrt-1-cavite-extension-construction-set-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT-1 Cavite extension construction set in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_211304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211304\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211304\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/41465040_744087099265063_5856575125167538176_n-20x15.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The daily passenger volume of the LRT-1 is expected to increase from 300,000 to 800,000 once it is completed. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialLRT1\/photos\/a.378038805869896\/744087095931730\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialLRT1\/\">Light Rail Manila Corporation\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The construction of the extension of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) is set to start in May, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have an event on May 6 to start the actual works of LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. We will send an advisory soon,\u201d DOTr Assistant Secretary for Communications Goddes Hope Libiran said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 11.7-km. railway extension project will have eight stations from Baclaran in Para\u00f1aque City to Bacoor in the province of Cavite, reducing travel time to 30 minutes from the current one-and-a-half hours during rush hours.<\/p>\n<p>The daily passenger volume of the LRT-1 is expected to increase from 300,000 to 800,000 once it is completed.<\/p>\n<p>The DOTr and the railway system\u2019s private operator, Light Rail Manila Corp., are eyeing to finish the project by the fourth quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The construction of the extension of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) is set to start in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":211304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211305,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211303\/revisions\/211305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}