Abaya sees completion of MRT 3 buy-out this year

TRANSPORTATION Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya is optimistic that the government will get the entire ownership of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3) by the end of this year or early next year.

In an interview after a Senate finance committee hearing on the proposed budget of the Department of Transportation and Communications on Tuesday, Abaya told reporters that the buy-out of Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC) will pave the way for implementation of programs to improve the railway, which recently suffered glitches.