Megawide Unit Eyes North Hub

A Unit of Megawide Construction Corp. is looking at developing an integrated terminal exchange in the north for the EDSA Carousel bus rapid transit system that will serve as a counterpart of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX).

Photo Insert: The EDSA Carousel will serve as a counterpart of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX).

“The EDSA Carousel stops at PITX, it doesn’t have a counterpart on the other side. We are trying to look for a space [in the north], we will try to develop something there,” PITX Head of Corporate Affairs and Government Relations, Jason T. Salvador, said in a recent media interview.

The idea of having a terminal exchange is to serve the provincial buses to help decongest the traffic in Metro Manila, he said, adding: “Ideally there should be one in the north and one in the south. Kami na ‘yong sa south (We are the one in the south). So we are trying to look for one to serve that purpose and at the same time make the whole carousel, a real carousel.”

The company is assessing the project in the north, with the feasibility studies expected to be done halfway through the year. It previously announced its plan to expand PITX by developing a smaller second lot.

The project, which will be on a 1.8-hectare lot owned by the Department of Transportation (DoTr), is expected to almost double the capacity of PITX as the company expects bus riders to go back to pre-pandemic levels.

“There are a lot of plans for lot two. This will be another PITX. Now we are using that as a parking lot for our provincial buses. We call that our staging area. But there are already plans, so hopefully within the year “magawa na natin (we can finally do it),” Salvador said.

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