The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is set to start the construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project’s Shaw boulevard station this October.
In a statement, DOTr said it has advised motorists to avoid the north and southbound portions of Meralco avenue in Pasig City as the road will be closed starting on October 3 until 2028.
The road closure will cover the front section of Capitol Commons up to the corner of Shaw boulevard. Meralco avenue will serve as the project’s access point to the subway’s Shaw Boulevard station.
DOTr is advising motorists to take alternative routes to be provided by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, and the city governments of Pasig and Mandaluyong.
Public utility jeepneys from Meralco avenue going to Shaw boulevard will be rerouted to Captain Henry Javier to Danny Floro streets and vice versa.
The modernized jeepneys from Meralco avenue going to Shaw boulevard will be rerouted to Doña Julia Vargas avenue to San Miguel avenue and vice versa, while the UV express vehicles from Meralco avenue going to Shaw boulevard will be rerouted to Doña Julia Vargas avenue to San Miguel avenue or Anda road to Camino Verde.
All available routes are accessible to private vehicles.
The project will be the first underground mass transit system in the Philippines — a modern railway system that will be at par with the rest in the world.
Funded by the Japanese government, the subway is a 33-kilometer rail line that will stretch from Valenzuela City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City, reducing travel time between Quezon City and NAIA from one hour and 10 minutes to just 35 minutes.
Once operational, the subway will cut across eight cities in Metro Manila, passing three central business districts, and service up to 370,000 passengers daily.
