By ANNA LIZA ALAVAREN
This early, the government warns public that traffic problems would linger in 2018 due to numerous infrastructure projects lined up aimed at improving Metro Mania’s transportation network, said a top official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Tim Orbos, MMDA general manager, appealed to motorists and commuters to bear with the expected traffic congestion when the projects under the infrastructure projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program starts simultaneously next year.
Projects in pipeline next year, Orbos cited, are Metro Rail Transit-Light Rail Transit common station in second quarter; LRT line 2 extension project on Marcos Highway and LRT Line 1 extension to Cavite; Metro Manila’s first subway in the third quarter; Megawide Southwest Terminal, South Terminal, MRT 7, bridges to be built by the Department of Public Works and Highways; rehabilitation of Guadalupe Bridge, among others.
