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DOTr: Rail projects derailed by ROW involving 49K ISFs

The Philippine Star

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March 04, 2025

The government has a lot of catching up to do in securing the right-of-way (ROW) for big-ticket railways, with nearly 49,000 informal settler families (ISFs) still waiting to be relocated.

- ELIJAH FELICE ROSALES

As of November 2024, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) had resettled only 1,756 of the 50,633 ISFs that live within the alignment of priority railways, based on a report submitted to the House of Representatives.

These projects include the P873.6-billion North-South Commuter Railway, P488.5-billion Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), P175.32-billion South Long Haul Project, P68.2-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 and the P64.9-billion Light Rail Transit Line 1 Cavite Extension Project.

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