Construction works had just begun for the first eight-kilometer phase of the Makati subway project that will improve the connectivity and transportation within Makati's business districts. The underground line will link SM Makati to the University of Makati, and its first phase will be having eight stations. Each station is said to cost around US$ 100 Million to build, making the entire project to cost US$ 2 billion. Makati Subway is a public-private partnership (PPP) between Infradev and local government with financial support coming from three Chinese firms: Greenland Holdings Group, Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group and China Harbour Engineering Company. But this subway would not ease the traffic bottleneck in Makati, the project would include better drainage system, given that this project would include good pumping and drainage system, which will be installed underground. Originally, said eight-kilometer phase is targeted for completion by the year 2024. But with the COVID-19 Pandemic, said construction might get longer and would extend its targeted completion date. As of now, construction works had focused to digging a portion of the subway to give way for its tunnel boring machine, which will then get placed to dig the tunnel from one end into another. It is said that the tunnel boring machine will arrive from China by next year.
Once completed, the subway would have a ridership of about 700,000 per day, and the subway would interconnect with other rail and transport stations in Manila, such as the Mega Manila Subway Project, the Pasig River Ferry System, and the Metro Railway Transit. Info source: Emerging Philippine, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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