DMCI bags P2.27B LRT2 viaduct construction project
The
government gives the construction firm 18 months to complete the viaduct or
elevated gateway for the mass transit railway system's east extension
MANILA, Philippines
– As part of the extension plan for the Light Rail Transit line 2 (LRT2), the
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) awarded a P2.27-billion
($61.28 million) viaduct construction project contract to DM Consunji
Incorporated (DMCI).
DOTC
Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said the awarded contract involves the construction
of a 3.9-kilometer elevated guideway for the LRT2 East extension.
DMCI
would have 18 months to complete the civil works for the elevated guideway or
viaduct.
DMCI, along with Tokyo Metro consortium, is also vying for the
operations and maintenance (O&M) contract of LRT2, along with Metro Pacific
Investments Corporation (MPIC) and Ayala Corporation (Light Rail Manila
consortium); San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-Korea rail consortium; and Aboitiz
Equity Ventures-SMRT Transport Solutions consortium.
4
groups vie for LRT O&M contract
DOTC spokesperson Michael Arthur Sagcal said the 4 groups
submitted on Tuesday, January 27, qualification documents for the
public-private partnership (PPP) project.
The O&M contract will be valid for 10 years and provides
that the winner will operate and maintain the existing 13.8-kilometer LRT2 that
runs from CM Recto Avenue in Avenida, Manila to Santolan in Pasig City,
spanning 11 stations.
DMCI was among the following companies that prequalified in
October 2014 for the LRT2 O&M project, along with GT Capital Holdings
Incorporated; Light Rail Manila Consortium; Marubeni Corporation, RATP
Development; and SMC.
Sagcal said the agency’s bids and awards committee would
announce the qualified bidders for the project by the end of February and
submission of bids would be in the second half of 2015.
The winner will also operate and maintain other future extension
of the LRT2 system, including the proposed extension to Port Area in Manila.
The contract will also cover the proposed P9.7-billion ($220.15
million) extension project covering an additional two stations all the way to
Masinag in Antipolo City.
The
bidding for the extension project encountered delay, when the DOTC reset its
deadline to January 27, 2015 from December 15, 2014.
The extension is expected to further increase the current
200,000 daily passenger volume of the mass transit system that traverses the
cities of Manila, Marikina, Pasig, San Juan, and Quezon City.
Vying
bidders for the said contract earlier asked government to speed
up the turnover of the projectbefore a new administration takes over
in 2016.
LRT2’s
expansion plan comes after the tandem of infrastructure giant MPIC and
conglomerate Ayala Corporation signed with government the concession agreement
to expand
LRT1’s southernmost station in Baclaran to its new south endpoint in Niog,
Bacoor, Cavite. – Rappler.com