Flawed bidding puts LRT riders at risk

THE Light Rail Transit line 2 (LRT 2) may end up in the same condition and situation as the Metro Rail Transit line 3 (MRT 3) if the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) will not address the reported flaws in its bidding process, a consumer group said Sunday.

Oliver San Antonio, legal counsel and spokesman for the National Coalition of Filipino Consumers (NCFC), called on lawyer Jose Jobel Belarmino, LRTA BAC chairman, to reconsider his position allowing BUSAN-EDC joint venture to join the bidding despite numerous discrepancies in its bid.