A LAWMAKER on Monday expressed strong support for the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) plan to operate a cargo rail line between Laguna and Albay, which will play a “pivotal role” in reenergizing the economy of the Bicol Region while helping lower food prices for consumers.
A LAWMAKER on Monday expressed strong support for the Department of Transportation’s plan to operate a cargo rail line between Laguna and Albay, which will play a “pivotal role” in reenergizing the economy of the Bicol Region while helping lower food prices for consumers.
“Bicol farmers and traders will immensely benefit from this project. Rail transportation is cheaper and more efficient than trucking services in moving large volumes of cargo over long distances, which, in turn, will help reduce costs for those supplying goods from Bicol to Metro Manila and vice versa,” Yamsuan said.
“Also, lower logistics costs would translate into higher incomes for farmers and traders and lower food prices for consumers,” Yamsuan said. In an earlier statement, Transportation Undersecretary Jeremy Regino said the Philippine National Railways is transferring its train fleet to existing lines in the Calabarzon corridor and the Bicol Region in order to operate cargo trains between Calamba, Laguna, and Legazpi, Albay, by next year.
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