Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday issued a Department Order creating a Flagship Project Management Office (FPMO) following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to fast track big-ticket transportation projects to alleviate commuter woes.

The Chief Executive previously instructed Sec. Dizon to speed up priority transport system infrastructure projects for physical connectivity and shorter travel time.

Under Department Order 2025-002, the DOTr-FPMO will direct the policies and ensure the allotment of maximum effort and resources of the DOTr relative to the implementation of the priority infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs). The FPMO will also oversee and monitor the status of the IFPs.

Priority IFPs such as the Metro Manila Subway Project, North-South Commuter Railway Project, EDSA Busway Project, EDSA Greenways Project, Cebu Bus Rapid Transit and Davao Public Transport Modernization Project will be supervised and monitored by Dizon himself, as Chair of the FPMO.

Sec. Dizon will likewise identify other projects as priority IFPs as may be deemed necessary in the future.

Further, he will closely monitor developments of each identified IFP , where timelines of partial operability and completion will be imposed.

“Ito pong ginawa ko na PMO, ako po mismo ang maghe-head nito. Personal ko pong tututukan ang mga projects at iyan po ay guided by very strict timelines. So magiimpose po tayo ng deadlines para sa mga projects na iyan,” he said.

As part of its functions, the DOTr-FPMO will also coordinate with the DOTr sectors and attached agencies, partner and implementing agencies, other departments and government offices relative to the implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of priority IFPs; and consolidate and mobilize agency resources to streamline and synchronize budgeting for and implementation of priority IFPs, among others.