Thursday – 7:00 AM | Quezon City, MRT-7 North Avenue Terminal Site
The rising sun cast long shadows across the newly-cleared site of the North Avenue terminal, where fresh concrete had just been poured. Workers in high-visibility vests moved with measured urgency, guided by supervisors clutching blueprints and digital tablets. The rhythmic thump of pile drivers echoed across the construction zone, signaling not just the start of a new day—but the rebirth of a project once thought doomed by red tape.
Matthew Borja stood a few meters from the boundary, hard hat in hand, flanked by Angel and two site engineers. It had been only three weeks since the landmark partnership with San Miguel Corporation was formalized, but already the difference was visible. Delays had been eliminated. Permits expedited. Equipment delivered ahead of schedule. And most importantly, the people had started to believe.
