UPDATE: Northrail Project (Phases 1 and 2)

3 April 2009: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered North Luzon Railways Corp. (Northrail) president Edgardo Pamintuan to have the entire Northrail project finished within her term, which ends mid-2010.

The operations and maintenance of the project, which will link the Diosdado Macapagal Airport (DMIA) at the Clark Freeport to Metro Manila, is set to be bid out to the private sector.

Measures have been put in place to fast track the railways project. CNMEC, the Northrail contractor, has agreed to adopt a simultaneous, segmental construction methodology in order to meet the schedule. Qualified Filipino engineering contractors and local supplies will be tapped to hasten the process.

Source: Philippine Star, April 1, 2009.