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Delayed railway projects face zero funding in ’26
Manila Bulletin
|September 5, 2025
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is set to update the feasibility study on the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) to finally onboard a lender for the project’s development two years after the Marcos Jr. administration backed out from a Chinese financing deal.
Transportation Undersecretary Timothy John Batan said the agency has been working to secure a new development partner to finally kickstart the construction of MRP.
Batan said the DOTr has been hearing insights from interested parties for the project, but these fail to pan out due to concerns that the feasibility study, which lenders use to gauge the project’s value, is now outdated.
The feasibility study for MRP’s first phase—which covers the railway from Tagum City, Davao del Norte, to Digos City, Davao del Sur—was completed during the first half of the Duterte administration.
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