The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced that it has wrapped up its study on the proposed “Dream Plan for Metro Manila,” the first part of which involves a P520-billion short-term program of decongesting traffic between now and 2016.

The short-term program contains proposals to fill missing links in major thoroughfares, the expansion of expressways serving as entrances to Metro Manila, and the development of rail and road-based mass transport systems, among others.