Project Description
The project involves the financing, design, construction, operation & maintenance of the 23-kilometer elevated railway line with 14 stations from San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan to MRT 3 North Avenue in Quezon City and the 22-kilometer asphalt road from Bocaue Interchange of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the intermodal terminal in Tala. The road component will divert northern provincial buses operation to San Jose Del Monte, thereby decongesting EDSA.
Implementing Agency
Department of Transportation (DOTr)
Contractual Arrangement
Build-Gradual Transfer-Operate and Maintain (BGTOM)
Region
- Region III - Central Luzon
- National Capital Region
Sector
Rail,Transportation
Estimated Project Cost During Approval
PHP 77 Billion**
Procurement Mode
Unsolicited
Contract Term
25 years
Implementation Mode
National
Project Proponent
SMC-MRT 7, Inc. (formerly Universal LRT Corporation (BVI) Limited)
Status
Overall Construction Progress as of March 2024: 69.11%.
- Civil works - 69.17%.
- E&M Works - 74.83%.
- Highway Component- 2.61%
Right of Way Progress as of December 2023: 16.72%:
- MRTS Component - 99.28%
- Highway Component - 0.99%
- Intermodal Transportation Terminal (ITT) Component - 100%
* As of June 29, 2022, the variation proposal for the Project is submitted to the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) for approval
** Project cost during approval by the ICC on March 26, 2004, and later reapproved by the NEDA Board on November 21, 2013. On June 22, 2022, DOTr submitted the project for approval of its proposed variation, with a new project cost amounting to Php 125.04 billion.
