Transportation officials led by Secretary Arturo Tugade (7th from left) and local government officials join Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda (6th from left) during the ceremonial track laying for the LRT-2 extension project. The ceremony was held at the Emerald Station under construction along Marcos Highway corner Felix Avenue and Mayor Gil Fernando Avenue in Marikina City on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. INQUIRER.NET / GABRIEL PABICO LALU
MANILA, Philippines — Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arturo Tugade and Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda led the ceremonial track laying and installation of the electromechanical system (EMS) at the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) Emerald Station on Tuesday.
The station along Marcos Highway corner Felix Avenue, Cainta, and Mayor Gil Fernando Avenue, Marikina City, lies in the middle of the existing Santolan Station and the proposed Masinag Station.
It is part of the four-kilometer extension which is seen to reduce travel time from Masinag in Antipolo to Recto Station in Manila by 40 minutes.
Masinag and Emerald Stations are expected to serve 80,000 passengers daily, with its expected completion by the fourth quarter of 2020.
Aside from Tugade and Haneda, also present were Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro, Marikina 1st District Rep. Bayani Fernando, Antipolo Mayor Jun Ynares, Light Rail Transit Authority Administrator Reynaldo Berroya, MMDA Chair Danilo Lim, and representatives from contractors Marubeni Philippines and DM Consunji Inc. /cbb
A view from the LRT-2 Emerald Station being constructed at the corner of Marcos Highway and Mayor Gil Fernando Avenue in Marikina City and Felix Avenue in Cainta shows the Antipolo City portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. INQUIRER.NET / GABRIEL PABICO LALU
A view from the proposed LRT-2 Emerald Station at the corner of Marcos Highway and Mayor Gil Fernando Avenue in Marikina City and Felix Avenue in Cainta shows the section of the elevated railway going to Santolan Pasig. INQUIRER.NET / GABRIEL PABICO LALU