THE AF Consortium of Ayala Corp and Metro Pacific Investments (MPIC), which recently won the contract to upgrade ticketing on urban rail lines in Metro Manila, says it will spend $US 40m on the automatic fare collection project.
THE Philippines' transport secretary Mr Joseph Emilio Abaya has told the domestic media that after three postponements, the four consortia which have prequalified for the contract to extend Line LRT-1 to Bacoor in Cavite will finally submit their bids on August 15.
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), an office of the president of the Philippines, has given the go-ahead to Japan to conduct a full feasibility study of a proposed 12.6km elevated monorail line in Manila.
THE Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has given bidders an extra month to submit pre-qualification documents for a Pesos 30bn ($US 720m) contract for the civil works to extend Line 1 of Manila's light rail network from Baclaran to Bacoor in Cavite.