Bill seeking LRT extension to Navotas pushed

Philippine Information Agency
12 Jul 2019, 18:08 GMT+10

QUEZON CITY, July 12 (PIA)-A bill seeking for the extension of the Manila Light Railway Transit System Line 1 from Monumento, Caloocan to Navotas was recently filed by Navotas lone district Representative John Reynald Tiangco in Congress.

In House Bill 876, Tiangco noted that said measure would bring Navotenos more employment opportunities in other parts of Metro Manila or draw residents from other cities to find work in Navotas.

"Thousands of buyers visit the port daily. Thousands more come and go for work at the port and its surrounding establishments and facilities, or for other business activities," he said.

"It is important that we have a mass transport system that would make it easier for residents and non-residents alike to travel to and from Navotas, especially the fish port complex," he added.

Navotas is home to the premier fish center of the Philippines and the largest fish port complex in Southeast Asia where the largest commercial fishing vessels call port and unload a total volume of at least 300 tons.

Overland vehicles from different provinces in Luzon also bring in additional volume of about 50 tons.

The fish port complex supplies fish and other aquatic products to a majority of markets in Metro Manila.

It also serves as business center with markets, ice plants and cold storage, fish processing facilities, canneries, shipbuilding and ship repair facilities, restaurants, fuel depot, gasoline stations and other facilities necessary for the fishery sector. (PIA InfoComm)

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