The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) would propose a $5-billion Philippine National Railway (PNR) commuter rail to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board.

“Hopefully, if we [could] get NEDA clearance on both Integrated Luzon Railway [IRL] and the North-South Commuter Railway, we can bid that out early 2014,” said Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya.

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