The Board of Directors is composed of eight ex-officio cabinet members namely the Secretary of the DOTr as Chairman, the respective Secretaries of the DPWH, DBM, DOF and NEDA, the Chairman of the MMDA and the LTFRB and the Administrator of the LRTA and one representative from the private sector. The Board is tasked to issue, prescribe, and adopt policies, programs, plans, standards, guidelines, procedures, rules, and regulations for implementation, enforcement, and application by the LRTA Management. The Board also convenes to resolve operations-related issues and concerns and other matters requiring immediate attention and resolution.
DOTr Usec. Timothy John Batan – Alternate Chairman of the Board
Ongoing projects
Line 1 O&M, Cavite Extension and Capacity Expansion Project
During the presidency of Pres. Benigno Aquino III, the Department of Transportation and Light Rail Transit Authority signed a 32- year concession agreement with Light Rail Manila Corporation, a private consortium composed of AC Infra, Metro Pacific Light Rail Corporation and Macquarie Group for the Line 1 Operations & Maintenance, construction of the Cavite Extension and Capacity Expansion. Under the concession agreement, LRMC is responsible for the Operations & Maintenance of Line 1 and construction of the Cavite Extension while LRTA is responsible for procuring 120 new Light Rail Vehicles for the Capacity Expansion and acquisition of the Right-of-way for the Cavite Extension. As of June 30, 2020, the LRTA already acquired 83.4% equivalent to 191 lots of the total target of 229 private and public lots. June 5, 2020:Four lots under Package 2 for sloping will no longer be acquired but lease the affected lots.
Basic ROWA: Acquired 84.1% equivalent to 175 out of 208 lots.
Additional ROWA: Acquired 76.2% equivalent to 16 out of 21 lots.
1-B. Identified Intermediate Status Acquired: 67% equivalent to 22 lots of the total target of 33 target lots.
The Line 2 East Extension Project is a 4-km extension project from the present Santolan station in Marikina City up to Masinag station in Antipolo, Rizal which will add additional stations from the present 11 stations: the Emerald & Masinag Stations. The Department of Transportation and Light Rail Transit Authority awarded the Package 1 and Package 2 to D.M.C.I. Consunji, Inc. Actual construction is ongoing as of January 2017 and expected to be operational by June 2018.
In January 2017, LRTA Administrator Gen. Reynaldo I. Berroya announced the plan to establish a railway school in the country to improve the technical skills of LRTA employees and serve as a training ground for them. As of August 2017, the LRTA is procuring Rolling Stock Simulators for the project.
Line 2-Line 3 Araneta Center-Cubao Link Bridge
The project involves construction of passenger walkway to and from the Line 2 Araneta Center-Cubao Terminal Station and Line 3 Araneta Center-Cubao Station to provide convenient transfer between the two railway systems.
