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TRANSPORTATION
A great length of Anlipolo's road network is concrete, making
transportation to and from the City convenient to riders and commuters.
The availability of various modes of land public transportation allures for
easy commuting to tourists, visitors, and residents. Buses, jeepneys and
air conditioned Asian Utility Vehicles (AUV) way at terminals located at
EDSA Central/Crossing or SM Megamall parking lot in Mandaluyong City,
Farmers' Markel in Cubao, Quezon City and Ayala and Makati Stock
Exchange parking Lots in Makati City. Though there are no locally-based
bus companies, commuters can still ride buses that pass through Antipolo
on the way to its final destination. These buses originate from Tanay, Rizal
and lnfanta, Quezon going to Metro Manila and vice versa. ln the City,
tricycles will covered side seals are the popular form of transportation.
The table below shows the number of public transport vehicles by type of
vehicle.

Transporting of goods is serviced by 69 trucking service companies,

aside from company-owned vehicles. There are likewise 45 private bodegas
or warehouses for storing merchandises.

There is a continuing increase in the number of public transport

terminal in the city. Jeepney terminals are situated in 25 different locations
within the city while tricycle terminals are spread in '102 different locations.
The table below shows a comparative distribution of public transport
terminals by node of land transportation.

For the past years, tricycles have been the most common mode of
public transportation with a
total of 1 1,797 or 84.5o/o of the entire public utility vehicles (PUV) in the
City. Second is ieepney with 1,715 followed by F)UAW with 453. The
increasing trend in the number of PUVS has continued over the years but the
pace has slowed down.

Alternatively, a number of e-trikes are playing the City streets,

particularly in the Masinag-COGEO area. it has become a favorite mode of
transportation of school children in lower Antipolo.

UTILITIES
Flood Control and Drainage Facilities
Antipolo City is vulnerable to flood and landslide. The Antipolo Hazard
Map shows that flooding frequently occurs in residential subdivisions and
roads that are near creeks. The common observation is that many of
these subdivisions have overextended to the point that it encroached the
creeks, causing it to immediately overflow during heavy rains. At the
same time, many creeks and canals in the urban areas of the City are
already narrow that it cannot carry large quantities of rain water. The
Marcos Highway is also flood prone due to its low elevation and the
shallow Muntingdilaw Creek and Marikina River.

To mitigate flooding in the City, the City Goverment caused the elevation
and road-widening of Marcos Highway, continuous declogging and

dredging of creeks and canals, monitoring of residential and commercial

developments, and the implementation of the City ordinance which bans
the use of Styrofoam, prohibits the use of plastic bags on dry goods, and
regulation of the use of plastic bags on wet goods.

Occurrence of landslides was observed along Sumulong Highway, where

developments on top of hills were in place. Other areas that experience
landslides are usually in residential areas located on sloping areas.

Drainage and Sewage

Antipolo has no common sewerage system. Instead, residents use
individual septic tanks. Antipolo's drainage system is a combination of
concrete pipes and open canals. Regular cleaning of canals is encouraged
to prevent debris from accumulating. Open canals are common in the
Poblacion and along roads leading to lower Antipolo

Among the city's recent projects that addressed the said problems on
drainage system were the improvements of canals located at P. Oliveros
Street and the Provincial Road from Robinsons Homes to Dalig High
School and to other part of the city. Siphoning of septic tanks, especially
of houses near tributary creeks to Hinulugang Taktak, was concluded in
partnership with the Manila Water Company, lnc. (MWCI).

Domestic Water Supply

The water supply system in Antipolo City comes from five main sources:
spring water, artesian
wells, open wells, water tankering, and a water company. The MWCI
manages water and waste water services for the people in the eastern
part of Metro Manila.

MWCI is committed to provide water from 78 percent of the City's

households in 2001 to 97
percent by 2021. ln 2015, MWCI have already covered around 83 percent
of the total household
in the City. Barangay Cupang, Beverly Hills, and Muntingdilaw have been
covered 100 percent.

Households not served by MWCI depend on the spring development

projects of the City Government. Rubberized water distribution is typically
used. Others depend on natural spring water like some areas in Brgy, San
Juan, Cupang, Calawis, lnarawan and the mountainous part of Brgy. San
Jose.

Electric Power Supply

NGCP transmission Facilities The National Grid Corporation of the
Philippines (NGCP) is in charge of the operation, maintenance and
improvement of the national transmission system as well as controls the
supply and demand of power. ln 2013, it secured a regulatory approval
from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the construction of the

Antipolo El-lV (extra high voltage) Substation designed to cater to Metro

Manila and Rizal Province. Constructions though has been stalled because
of an issue of building the access road to the site. Once completed, the
substation will have two power transformers with an initial installed
capacity of 750 megavolt ampere (MVA) and can accommodate an
additional t\r'lD 750-MVA transformers. The Antipolo Substation is
expected to prevent system congestion and relieve the San Jose
substation in Bulacan, which carries the bulk of Metro Manila's load.

MERALCO distribution Facilities

MERALCO is the only electricity distribution utility in Antipolo City. It
provides

distribution

services

and

connections

to

its

system

for

households and businesses in the City. MERALCO has two 1 15-kV

substations within Antipolo. one is the MERALCO-New Teresa Substation
that is located in Barangay Dalig and the other is the MERALCO-Masinag
Substation in Barangay Mayamot.