{"id":277668,"date":"2020-12-04T06:02:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=277668"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:01:54","slug":"dotr-dnd-sign-right-of-way-agreement-for-metro-manila-subway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/04\/dotr-dnd-sign-right-of-way-agreement-for-metro-manila-subway\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTr, DND sign right-of-way agreement for Metro Manila Subway"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_277670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277670\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-02-06-79d74b03860091026d1e7db87de8d166b9bf2d22fcba417e4aa790157261c864cd7b0d50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-277670\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-02-06-79d74b03860091026d1e7db87de8d166b9bf2d22fcba417e4aa790157261c864cd7b0d50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-02-06-79d74b03860091026d1e7db87de8d166b9bf2d22fcba417e4aa790157261c864cd7b0d50.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-02-06-79d74b03860091026d1e7db87de8d166b9bf2d22fcba417e4aa790157261c864cd7b0d50-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-277670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist&#8217;s rendering of a Metro Manila Subway station (Image courtesy of DOTr via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The development of the Metro Manila Subway has reached another milestone on Friday after the signing of a right-of-way usage agreement between the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of National Defense (DND).<\/p>\n<p>During the signing ceremony, DOTr Undersecretary Timothy John Batan said the agreement allows for accelerated access to construction and work sites need for the subway and give both the DND and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) \u201cfair and recurring\u201d resources from the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the short term, DOTr will replicate affected DND-AFP structures and facilities, including the construction of 192 units of armed forces housing in Camp Aguinaldo, and the replication and improvement of affected facilities of the Veterans Golf Course,\u201d Batan said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he said the DOTr will pay the DND-AFP with a recurring annual usufruct fee of \u201c10 percent of latest zonal value and 5 percent of gross non-farebox revenues of the concerned subway stations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five subway stations are involved in the agreement, namely the North Avenue Station, East Avenue Station, Camp Aguinaldo Station, Lawton Station, and the Senate-DepEd Station.<\/p>\n<p>Five DND-AFP camps and facilities will also be affected by the accelerated construction of the Metro Manila subway. These are the Veterans Memorial Medical Center and Golf Course, the AFP Medical Center (formerly known as the V.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zofran online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zofran.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zofran.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Luna Hospital), Camp Aguinaldo, Fort Bonifacio, and Villamor Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Subway is developed in a manner that maximizes connectivity to government properties, but<em>\u00a0para na din po masigurado na ang<\/em>\u00a0investment<em>\u00a0natin sa kauna-unahan nating\u00a0<\/em>Subway<em>\u00a0ay may balik at pakinabang sa ating kasundaluhan<\/em>\u00a0(to ensure that our investment with our very first subway will benefit our armed forces),\u201d Batan said.<\/p>\n<p>In total, he said the agreement includes 50,000 square meters of land for station works, 60,000 square meters for interstation tunneling, and 55,000 square meters for temporary works.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy augmentin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/augmentin.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/augmentin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The implementation of the first phase of the Metro Manila Subway, spanning 36-kilometers with 17 stations from Valenzuela to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, is divided into two sections\u2014partial operability and remaining operability.<\/p>\n<p>The partial operability section, which includes the Subway depot, East Valenzuela Station, Quirino Highway Station, Tandang Sora Station, and North Avenue Station, begun construction in 2019 and is set for operation in 2022.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis black online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-black.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-black.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The remaining operability section, which includes the Quezon Avenue Station to Bicutan Station and NAIA Terminal 3 Station, is set to begin construction in 2021 and is scheduled for operation in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The development of the Metro Manila Subway has reached another milestone on Friday after the signing of a right-of-way &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":277670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277668","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287427,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277668\/revisions\/287427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}