Alvarez junks common station; MAP appeals

The House of Representatives will not allocate any funding for the common station that will link Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) and the Light Railway Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) as envisioned by the Department of Transportation (DOTr), according to Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.

Alvarez was referring to the P2.78 billion common station located at the intersection of EDSA and North Avenue in Quezon City, the subject of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Department of Transportation, Department of Public Works and Highways, San Miguel Corp., North Triangle Depot Commercial Corporation -Ayala Corporation, Light Rail Manila Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, Inc.