The regional office of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB 11) bared that the Davao-Marawi route is expected to commence in the third week of this month.
“Ang timeline nga gihatag sa atoa sa central office is probably this will be opened by the third week of November but then it is still on the process. We are still waiting for the approval and evaluation of the central office then after the evaluation there will be a selection process kung kinsa ang operator,” said Nonito “Dondon” Llanos III, regional director of LTFRB in a phone interview.
Llanos added that LTFRB 11 will be sending a letter to the city government of Davao regarding this proposed route.
“Medyo tight ang among schedule but we are also coordinating with, as a matter of fact, we will be sending a letter to the local government of Davao informing about this proposed route,” he said.
He said currently there are no bus operators yet expressing intention to service the route as the process of application will be done in the central office.
“So far kay inter-regional man ni siya wala ta kabalo if there are intentions in the central office. Pero diri sa atoa wala pa man because the operators knew the process will be done in Manila,” he said.
Marawi, which was devastated by a siege four years ago, is being rebuilt by the government through infrastructure development projects.
Based on the post of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines, portions of the Marawi Transcentral Road project were completed in a recent move to help revitalize economic activities in the area. The project is part of JICA’s 2-billion yen Program for the Support to Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Marawi City whose infrastructure was damaged during the siege in 2017.
The completed portions of Marawi Transcentral Road were supported through JICA grant assistance for the rehabilitation of Marawi. The construction of an 18.97-kilometer road aims to catalyze growth and economic opportunities to the city, as well as to sustain peacebuilding initiatives.
