On one of President Rodrigo Duterte's speech on last year's campaign, he promised to keep an eye on Mindanao's economic development. That includes building a railway connecting the main cities of Mindanao such as Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City, Butuan, Surigao, Davao and General Santos.
On a report submitted by Department of Transportation, the said railway project in Mindanao will be starting to be constructed on the second quarter of 2018. It has a total budget of P35B and has a length of 20,000 kilometers.
The first part of the railway which is 102 kilometers will be built from Davao del Norte to Digos City in Davao Del Sur. The Department f Transportation is now polishing the land site where the railway is going to be constructed.
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