The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has issued a notice of termination against BF Corporation and Foresight Development and Surveying Company (BFC-FDSC) Consortium, the contractor for the Common Station project, citing excessive construction delays of the project.
The move follows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directives to speed up and finally complete the construction of the common station which has been ongoing since 2009 to ease and reduce travel time for commuters.
Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon stressed that the Common Station, aimed to link the LRT-1, MRT-3 and MRT-7, could have already benefited commuters if not for the construction delay.
“Now that we have terminated the contract with BF Corp. and Foresight Development and Surveying Co, we can finally move on with the construction,” Dizon said.
“Ang next step ay mapabilis natin ang construction nito para mapakinabangan na ng mga komyuter dahil malaking bagay sa kanila ito.”
“Ang next step ay mapabilis natin ang construction nito para mapakinabangan na ng mga komyuter dahil malaking bagay sa kanila ito,” the transport chief added.
The transport head expressed optimism that the construction for the transit train hub could restart immediately to fast track the process through the New Government Procurement Act or the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Code.
