00:00The Department of Transportation is now studying the additional petition of the Light Rail Manila Corporation in the LRT-1.
00:08According to the DOT-R, they will go through this first in a public consultation and examination.
00:14The Light Rail Transit Authority and the Rail Regulatory Unit of the government are happy to approve it.
00:21If approved, it is possible for them to implement it in the second quarter of the year.
00:28According to the petition, each passenger will receive an additional Php 7.48.
00:33Meanwhile, the agency stated that the fare increase is for the increasing cost of operation of the transit line,
00:41just like the Cavite Extension Project, which was only opened in November.
