What is being built
What is being built to move people
Three works run through the map around me: the extension of the light rail line into Cavite, a subway station at the airport, and the private operator rebuilding NAIA. The bus terminal at PITX is already there. Every line below carries the source I read it on.
The works, one line each
| Project | What it is | Cost, as published | Status and date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRT-1 Cavite Extension, Phase 1 | Five new stations, from Redemptorist-Aseana to Dr. Santos. Operator, Light Rail Manila Corporation, under a public-private partnership with the government. | PHP 64.915 billion for the whole extension.Tribune, 11 September 2026 | Opened for commercial operation on 16 November 2024, at five in the morning.LRMC page, read 7 October 2026 | JICA press release, read 7 October 2026 |
| LRT-1 Cavite Extension, Phases 2 and 3 | Roughly six more kilometres and three more stations, two in Las Piñas and one in Bacoor. The line grows from 20.7 km to 27 km and from 20 stations to 25, across five cities.LRMC page, read 7 October 2026 | PHP 1.17 billion funded for 2027, against PHP 799 million for 2026.Tribune, 11 September 2026 | The right of way for the Las Piñas station was cleared after a land donation. No opening date is published.Tribune, 11 September 2026 | A trade site reports 2028 for Phase 2 |
| Metro Manila Subway, NAIA Terminal 3 station | Contract Package 109, a station on the subway line, inside the airport. | Not published here. The cost of this package appears in the press, and I have not read it on a government page. | Groundbreaking on 16 September 2026.JICA press release, read 7 October 2026 | JICA press release, read 7 October 2026 |
| NAIA, under New NAIA Infra Corp | The private operator took over the airport in September 2024. The work reported so far: eight added curb lanes at Terminal 2, 517 biometric units, and 78 e-gates at Terminals 1 and 3.Tribune, 27 August 2026 | PHP 78 billion remitted to the government, and PHP 6.8 billion spent on upgrades. Of the remittance, PHP 30 billion was the upfront payment, PHP 2 billion a fixed annual payment, and the rest came from 82.16 percent of covered gross revenues.Tribune, 27 August 2026 | Reported as of 15 August 2026.Tribune, 27 August 2026 | GMA News, search summary, 7 October 2026 |
| PITX, Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange | The bus terminal at 1 Kennedy Road, Tambo, Parañaque. It connects to LRT-1. | Not published here. | Opened on 5 November 2018.Wikipedia, read 7 October 2026 | pitx.ph, read 7 October 2026 |
Phase 2 and Phase 3 dates differ across sources (one gives a year, another gives a different one); I do not publish them.
The proposed total cost of the subway and its completion target appear in the press (one report on the groundbreaking), and I have not read them on a government page. They are not on this page.
Living beside all of this, as I see it
| Option | For | Against | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beside the terminal | The bus and the train are a short walk, so a trip out of the city needs no second ride. | Terminals draw traffic all day, and the streets around them hold the noise. | Work on the line and the stations can close lanes and reroute the jeepneys for years. |
| Away from the works | Quieter streets, and the construction traffic passes somewhere else. | Every trip starts with a ride to the train, and the fare is paid twice. | A unit far from the line asks less because it is far from the line. |
No subway station is planned at the Mall of Asia or at Bay City; I could not find one on any official page. The nearest new station on that line is the one at NAIA Terminal 3.
I publish no distance here and no travel time. Every figure I found for the walk from the complex to the station came from a route planner, not from the operator, so it stays out.
The works themselves
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