Daily Tribune
Photograph courtesy of PLDT-Smart At the ceremonial signing of the MOA for the EDSA walkway are (from left) Smart VP and head of regulatory Affairs Atty. Roy Ibay, PLDT and Smart Network head Eric Santiago, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista, and PLDT head CRM-public sector William Batac.
Smart Communications Inc., the wireless subsidiary of PLDT Inc., has agreed to relocate its utilities and cables to make way for the construction of elevated walkways along Metro Manila's main thoroughfare as part of the EDSA Greenways Project.
Smart executives led by FVP and Network Head Eric Santiago and representatives from other telcos, led the Memorandum of Agreement or MoA signing on Wednesday with the Department of Transportation or DoTr officials led by Secretary Jaime Bautista.
The MoA covers the relocation of Smart's utilities and cables affected by the construction of elevated walkways on the Metro's main thoroughfare, including footbridges in Balintawak, Cubao, Guadalupe and Taft.
These pedestrian structures seek to address the needs of the elderly, persons with disabilities, women, and people traveling with children by connecting MRT and LRT stations to them.
