A snail Pace

The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) should do much more and speed up the pace of the capacity expansion and rehabilitation projects of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT). 

Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate public services committee, said that the pace of MRT upgrading has been "very slow".

      

She was referring to the train prototypes ordered by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) which are scheduled to arrive this month but must first undergo tests before they start actual operations by next year.

      

The committee is holding public hearings on various issues faced by the MRT,  such as the delay in the construction of a common station at the corner of North Avenue and EDSA and the controversy over its maintenance provider.

      

Poe said one of the concerns is that the head of the maintenance provider is a former campaign contributor of the ruling Liberal Party.

      

The Senate committee will continue its public hearings to determine how fast and efficient the DOTC has been implementing the rehabilitation plan for the MRT. –End-

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