The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will have to secure additional funding of P1.4 billion should it continue with the free rides for commuters until the end of the year, an official said Monday.
EDSA bus carousel units line up at Guadalupe in Makati City Tuesday, July 5, 2022. The Department of Transportation earlier announced it will continue the “Libreng Sakay Program” for the EDSA bus carousel until December 2022. DANNY PATA
“‘Yun pong libreng sakay diyan sa EDSA Carousel ay mayroong certain budget. Kung itutuloy po natin ‘yan hanggang December, we will need additional budget of around P1.4 billion which hindi ho available sa existing budget namin,” he said during the Laging Handa briefing. [If we need to continue this until December 31, we will ask for an additional budget from the DBM. So we will ask for help from the President to secure that additional budget for the DOTr.]
The secretary said he has observed a few issues which can easily be addressed such as the improvement of facilities, including installing bidets in comfort rooms and making the customer assistance group more accessible to all commuters.
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