DOTr eyes España-Quezon Avenue busway system
'We need more of those (BRTs),' Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said at the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) Infrastructure Forum in Makati City.
'To me, the most viable and the most needed one is España to Quezon Avenue. That is very important. Busway [at] España, Quezon Avenue. That is going to be very viable…That's wide enough for a busway,' Dizon said.
The Transportation chief said there are currently no buses serving commuters, especially students, in the España-Quezon Avenue stretch.
'We're doing FS (feasibility study) now,' he said, adding tthat the completion of the study would be 'hopefully next year.'
Asked if the España-Quezon Avenue Busway will be operates by the private sector, Dizon said, 'I think we have to do it government muna…then we'll privatize the O&M (operations and maintenance).'
'It is not difficult to build. Kita mo naman [EDSA] Busway, pandemic lang ginawa nun,' he added. — BAP, GMA Integrated News
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