The planned 20km Mass Transit System will consist of a 16km underground tunnel and a 4km elevated railway to connect Makati, Pasay and the Bonifacio Global City (BGC).
The underground railway system aims to address the worsening traffic situation in the fast growing urban centers in Metro Manila.
The system will have 11 stations, five of which are underground, four interchanges and two elevated.
The DOTC may seek project approval from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the second or third quarter of the year, after which the government will bid out the project in the second quarter of 2015.
Transportation Assistant Secretary Jaime Feliciano said the government is planning to increase urban mass transport ridership to 2.2 million per day by 2016 or 2017 from the current 1.2 million per day under its Rail Transport Development Plan.
Feliciano said that under the plan, DOTC will develop intermodal facilities and improve transport linkages and efficiency to production and consumption markets.
