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01/06/2009 Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri yesterday lauded Malacañang for approving their petition to have an intermediate station at Edsa-Bagong Barrio as part of the P6.322-billion Light Rail Transit (LRT) North Extension project better known as the LRT-MRT Loop. Echiverri said the additional station would serve residents of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela residents by addressing their transport problems as well as overcrowding at the LRT’s Monumento station. He vowed to facilitate all necessary construction permits and clearances that will be filed with the city government, particularly since Bagong Barrio is a Priority Development Area for national government projects and zonal improvement programs. The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) posted a 10-year record high of 525,289 passengers that took the LRT-Line 1 last Dec. 5. It has revealed that a fully functional common LRT station costs around P777 million to build. The 5.4-kilometer link will complete the Edsa Loop and involves three new stations, one beside the MRT-3 North Avenue end and the other two at Balintawak and Muñoz market in Quezon City. The LRT loop will connect the LRT-1, running from Baclaran to Monumento, with the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3), which traverses Edsa from Taft Avenue in Pasay City to North Avenue in Quezon City. 
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