The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted its Annual Planning Conference December 4, 2024, bringing together key officials to review the agency’s achievements for 2024 and to outline its operational plans, commitments, and performance targets for 2025.
Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista emphasized the importance of collaboration across the agency’s four sectors to ensure timely completion of DOTr projects.
“I encourage our sectors to continue to fast track our projects, and see to it that these are completed. Let us work together, for us to be able to implement all programs of the Department,” he said.
Among the aviation sector’s notable achievements so far are the privatization of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Laguindingan International Airport. Meanwhile, the railways sector highlighted its ongoing big-ticket projects such as the Metro Manila Subway and the North-South Commuter Railway.
The road sector also presented significant progress, including the continued expansion of the EDSA Busway, construction of three new pedestrian footbridges, and installation of manlifts in five stations.
The maritime sector, for its part, underscored the completion of 271 port infrastructure projects since 2015. It also emphasized its ongoing push for the establishment of the Office for Multimodal Transport and Logistics, a move aimed at enhancing the country’s transportation network.