MINDANAO RAILWAY PROJECT UPDATE 2020 Tagum Davao Digos (MRP-TDD) Segment Construction in 2021!

[Music] foreign one of the flagship projects under the build build build program the mindanao railway project is a proposed 1533 kilometer railway network on the island of mindanao and the first railway system to be constructed outside mainland luzon department of transportation secretary arthur tugade assured that the long overdue mindanao railway project or mrp will push through despite suffering delays as a result of the coveted 19 pandemic to support the statement of secretary tigade head of mindanao railways operations assistant secretary aymar disclosed that the project management consultant for the phase one of the mindanao railway project are now in the process of procurement and the agency is just waiting for the shirtless of the design and build contractor to be submitted by china so they can proceed with the bidding process asked why china will have to shortlist the contractors assistant secretary ed said since 86 of funding were sourced from china it is only proper for chinese officials to evil wait engage design and build contractors technical and financial capability to finish the project the design and build contract for the 102 kilometers mindanao railway project phase one tagum davao digu segment includes the construction of the following 74 kilometer upgrade and 26 kilometer elevated standard gauge railway trap 1.1 kilometers long span steel bridges embankment and deep cuts of hills with slow protections [Music] eight stations between platforms each except double station with three platforms two depots one main depot for heavy maintenance and stabling in tagum city and one satellite depot for light maintenance in davao city 23 units of diesel electric two-car train sets approximately 43 meter long and provisions for transport oriented development and intermodal transport terminal last november 29 2020 the national economic development authority approved the change in cost of the mrp phase 1 tagum davao digo segment from initial 35.9 billion to 81.7 billion pesos with 70.2 billion or 86 of overall project cost to be shouldered by china's official development assistance fund issuance of notices of taking and offers to buy in acquire rights of ways is still ongoing with the otr and tagum lgu cautioning the public to directly coordinate with them and avoid transacting with unauthorized persons regarding land acquisitions of the mindanao railway project [Music] the construction of the mrp tagum davao dico segment is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2021 with partial operations expected by fourth quarter of 2021 and full operations expected by second quarter of 2022. the department of transportation said that the 102 kilometer mindanao railway project tagum davao diigo segment is expected to reduce travel time from tagum city to digo city from 3.5 hours to 1.3 hours once it starts operating in 2022 the mrp tdd is expected to not only make travel faster but also safer more convenient and comfortable for passengers in the sid corridor the mrp tdd segment will have eight stations namely tagum station located in barangay mankilam tagom city carmen station in barangay singh carmen davo del norte panabo station in barangay datto abdul davos station located in langob davao city battle station to be located in barangay battle to real davao city santa cruz station to be located at barangay zone 4 santa cruz davao del sur and daigo station in barangay digo city upon project completion the dotr expects the daily ridership of the tagum davao degu segment to increase to 134 thousand sixty by twenty twenty two the department projects the daily ridership to further increase to two hundred thirty seven thousand twenty three by twenty thirty two and three hundred seventy five thousand one four by year 2042 [Music] the mrp tdd segment was initially proposed as two-tracked electric powered rail line however upon serious consideration from neta board it was downgraded to single track diesel type railway system with provisions for future tracks and electrification upon recommendation of the house committee on internal affairs during the 2021 budget hearing last november for it to be eventually upgraded to two-track electric powered railway system in the future the committee also approved a resolution directing the national economic development authority and the department of transportation to submit a feasibility study on the project to be conducted simultaneously instead of face by face department of transportation under secretary femuty john batan told the salons during the previous hearing that so far only phase one of the project has a detailed feasibility study a detailed visibility study which cost tens of millions of pesos according to asekbatan is needed before actual construction can take place to give an idea of the needed funds the national economic and development authority previously made a baseline feasibility study on the envisioned three-phase mindanao railway project which cost the agency 50 million pesos the department of transportation said that the initial proposed three-phase mindanao railway project was further subdivided into 10 proposed segments the said railway segments which will be built in stages will connect major cities in mindanao via circumferential railway and spur lines connecting outlying cities and provinces the mrp circumferential line spanning over 800 kilometers and eventually form part of the circular loop will be built in five stages mrp phase one is the 102 kilometer rail segment which runs from talgum city towards davao city and terminating indigo city mrp phase 2 will be 150 kilometer rail line connecting digo city general santos city and marbell mrp phase 3 will be a 214 kilometer rail segment connecting tagum city and butuan city mrp phase 4 will have to be decided as options being considered and total length yet to be determined nmrp phase 5 spanning 170 kilometers connecting bouton city and kagayandi oro city meanwhile phase 6 to 10 will be the construction of 899 kilometers mrp spur lines namely 216 kilometers cagayan the oro iligan pagadian segment 242 kilometers pagadian cotabato kabakan digus segment 122 kilometer pagadian di pollock segment 222 kilometer pagadian zamboanga segment and the 97 kilometer boutus segment according to dotr under secretary timothy john bataan it may take 10 to 15 the combined terms of at least two philippine presidents before the whole mindanao railway project gets completed [Music] plans for an island-wide railway dates back in the 1930s and the railway was reconsidered in the 1990s but it is only in 2016 upon the election the first mindanao and philippine president rodrigo duterte win minded our railway project was seriously considered and given priority as one of the flagship project under the build build build program [Music] once completed the mindanao railway project will not only expand the country's railway network and provide reliable efficient and convenient mass transport system for the mindanao ones but also will boost inter-island connectivity and will enable increased trade giving the island's potential as a major transshipment point and center of trade in the brunei darussalam indonesia malaysia philippines east asian growth region [Music] what do you think about the update of mindanao railway project share your thoughts in the comment section below [Music] [Music] [Music] don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell

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Published: Thu Dec 03 2020