(Eagle News) — Japanese company Sumitomo Corp. is back as maintenance provider of the Metro Rail Transit 3.
This is according to a report by CNN Philippines on Wednesday.
“(The takeover again can happen) as early as April, May of next year,” Transportation Assistant Secretary TJ Batan said in an interview.
He said that a government-to-government agreement was “scheduled to be signed” by the 3rd week of December 2017.
“The maintenance and rehabilitation contract is intended to have a term of 3 years, and will include the rehabilitation and restoration of the system to its original performance standards,” Batan said.
Early this month, the government terminated its maintenance contract with Korean firm Busan Universal Rail Inc. and took over the MRT-3, following the series of technical glitches that marred its operations.