SECTOR: Infrastructure
SONA YEAR: 2022
Integrate Mindanao, Panay, Cebu railway
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023
- The 102-km Mindanao Railway Project Phase 1 is among the ongoing IFPs that were carried over from the previous administration. The project will construct a non-electrified, single-track rail running through Digos, Davao and Tagum. Earlier this year, phases 2 and 3 of the project secured funding for their respective feasibility studies. On April 12, Undersecretary for Railways Cesar Chavez said that the government is waiting for China’s Export-Import Bank’s response on the official development assistance fund being requested for the project.
- The 117-kilometer Panay Railway is still under the pre-project preparation stage as of April 2023. In January, the DOT said it has secured funding for its feasibility study.
- The 27-kilometer Cebu Monorail Transit system was among the shelved railway projects of the Duterte administration that Marcos promised to continue. It is under initial evaluation by implementing agency according to the PPP Center’s website.