MANILA - The Department of Transportation on Wednesday said the construction of the P9.5 billion LRT 2 East Extension Project was more than halfway complete.

Construction of the project, which will add 4 kilometers of railway tracks from Santolan in Pasig City to Masinag in Antipolo City, is 61.93 percent complete, the DOTr said.

DOTR says the P9.5-billion LRT 2 East Extension Project, which will add 4kms of railway tracks from Santolan, Pasig City to Masinag, Antipolo City, is 61.93% complete and is expected to begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2020. pic.twitter.com/jCaTAm9fGY — Vivienne Gulla (@VivienneGulla) July 17, 2019

Once operational, the extension line is expected to reduce travel time from Antipolo to Recto, Manila to 40 minutes from around 3 hours, the transport department earlier said.

The extension is expected to begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2020.

-- with a report from Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News