Taguig City Integrated Terminal Exchange
{{Short description|Proposed transport terminal in the Philippines}}
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| address = Arca South, Western Bicutan, Taguig
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| passengers = 160,000 (projected){{cite news|author-last=Yee|author-first=Jovie|title=Taguig transport terminal breaks ground|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/961008/news-taguig-integrated-terminal-exchange-itx-edsa-provincial-buses-transportation|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=January 17, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309234758/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/961008/news-taguig-integrated-terminal-exchange-itx-edsa-provincial-buses-transportation|url-status=live}}
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The Taguig City Integrated Terminal Exchange (TCITX), originally conceptualized as the South Integrated Transport System (ITS-South), is a proposed intermodal transport terminal in Arca South, Taguig. It is primarily a bus terminal for buses going to and from Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao but connected to the FTI station and the under-construction Metro Manila Subway and the North–South Commuter Railway, as well as the Southeast Metro Manila Expressway. Originally scheduled for completion by 2022, construction has yet to begin as pre-construction activities were temporarily suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but it was lifted in July 2023.{{Cite web|title=South Integrated Transport System (ITS) Project (Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange) {{!}} PPP Center|url=https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/integrated-transport-system-project-its-southwest-terminal-project-2/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=ppp.gov.ph|language=en|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104034234/https://ppp.gov.ph/ppp_projects/integrated-transport-system-project-its-southwest-terminal-project-2/|url-status=live}}
History
In August 2014, five companies bought bid documents for a public-private partnership project of proposed integrated transport terminal in FTI. The five companies were given until October 2014 to submit their bids to finance, build, operate, and maintain the proposed terminal.{{cite web |date=August 30, 2014 |title=5 firms eye P4B ITS-South Terminal project |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/industries/208-infrastructure/67663-firms-south-terminal-project-bid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118190012/https://www.rappler.com/business/industries/208-infrastructure/67663-firms-south-terminal-project-bid |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=January 18, 2018 |work= |publisher=Rappler}} It was then announced in January 2016 that Ayala Land won the project in November 2015.
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Initially, the construction was supposed to begin in September 2016, but the groundbreaking ceremony was held in January 2018. The project would cost at least ₱5.20 billion and was expected to be operational by 2020. However, pre-construction activities were temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Groundbreaking was initially scheduled in December 2024,{{cite web |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/11/14/dotr-eyes-december-groundbreaking-for-taguig-integrated-terminal-1613 |title=DOTr eyes December groundbreaking for Taguig integrated terminal |publisher=ABS-CBN News |last1=Manabat |first1=Johnson |date=November 14, 2024 |access-date=February 2, 2025 }} but actual groundbreaking was held on February 3, 2025, which brought heavy traffic as the East Service Road portion in Western Bicutan was closed for the ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/serbisyopubliko/transportation/934901/heavy-traffic-expected-in-bicutan-taguig-on-monday-feb-3/story/ |title=Heavy traffic expected in Bicutan, Taguig on Monday, Feb.3 |publisher=GMA News Online |date=February 2, 2025 |access-date=February 2, 2025 }} Construction of the terminal exchange is expected to be finished by 2027 for operations to start by early 2028.{{Cite news |last=Manahan |first=Jervis |date=Feb 3, 2025 |title=DOTr, AyalaLand break ground for construction of mega transport hub TCITX |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/2/3/dotr-ayalaland-break-ground-for-construction-of-mega-transport-hub-tcitx-1554 |url-status=live |archive-date= |access-date=Feb 3, 2025 |work=ABS-CBN News}}
References
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Category:Buildings and structures in Taguig