SAYING 500,000 commuters stand to benefit the project completion of the Metro Rail Transit line 7 in 2019, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said he is doing his best to refine the traffic management amid the project construction.
He called on the riding public and the motorists to bear the inconvenience brought about the road excavations and other road developments to give way to the MRT line 7 to seamlessly and conveniently connect other train system and the Mega Manila subway as well.
He said the city government will provide the proponents of the unified or common grand central station project all the support necessary to ensure the orderly project construction, and the security measures to the riding public.
“With the project expected to serve nearly 500,000 rail passengers on a daily basis once completed, it is imperative that appropriate security measures shall be adopted by Quezon City to ensure the safety of the riding public,” he said in a recent groundbreaking ceremony of the project on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue.
Bautista said he has tasked retired police general Elmo San Diego, Department of Public Order and Safety head, to closely coordinate with the project proponents to ensure an orderly traffic movement.
“This will be very significant for us since this will known as the Quezon City grand central station,” he said.
According to the Department of Transportation, the grand central or common station to be built between SM North Edsa and Trinoma is expected to serve approximately 478,000 rail passengers daily by 2020.