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The launch of a gantry helps to speed up the construction of the Malolos-Clark railway.

MANILA – The first deployment of a launching gantry—a special purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge building—marked a milestone in the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Malolos-Clark segment on Tuesday.

According to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the launching gantry, dubbed ‘Luid’ or ‘Mabuhay’ in Kapampangan, is the first of its kind in the province of Pampanga.

“Luid will traverse 5.5 kilometers from Barangay Lourdes in Pampanga and Barangay Gatbuca in Bulacan to construct the railway viaduct,” the DOTr said in a Facebook post.

The launching gantry will raise 16 35-ton segmental box girders into one 40-meter railway viaduct span.

“Luid will build 140 railway viaduct spans in all,” the DOTr said.

The Malolos-Clark leg of the NSCR system will have 11 launching gantries, according to the company.

The use of launching gantries is an “internationally acknowledged method of construction to assure the safe, efficient, and quality construction of the NSCR,” according to the statement.

The launching gantries were purchased with official development aid (ODA) financing from the Asian Development Bank, according to the report (ADB).

The Philippine National Railways (PNR) operates the NSCR system, which runs from Clark International Airport (CRK) in Pampanga to Calamba, Laguna.

The NSCR is expected to generate “about 47,000 direct jobs and 106,000 indirect jobs” during construction, according to the Department of Transportation, adding to Luzon’s post-Covid-19 and economic growth, notably in Regions 3, 4-A, and the National Capital Region.

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