[Vantage Point] New DOTr chief faces massive problems in common station project

Supposed to be built at the junction of EDSA and North Avenue in Quezon City, the grand central station remains a pipe dream

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To this day, however, the completion of the Common Station, supposed to be built at the junction of EDSA and North Avenue in Quezon City, remains aThe pandemic — along with other technical and right-of-way problems — proved to be a major hump to hurdle for the government and private entities involved in the project. Tugade and his lieutenants had concocted solutions to finish the common station.

The enormous technical and right-of-way challenges in constructing the Common Station, inherited by Jaime Bautista when he took over from Tugade in 2022, will now be passed on to newly installed DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon, following his predecessors resignation due to health reasons. Would Dizon be able to make a difference? It’ll be interesting to see how he navigates the complex problems that have been hounding the long-delayed UGCS project.

According to rail experts, BF Corporation lacks the capability and experience in railway construction and electromechanical works which should have been a cause for its disqualification as a bidding process participant. BF’s tender price was also abnormally low considering the Common Station Project included a comprehensive railway system works and signaling system.

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