As of February 2021[update], the project is still awaiting approval from relevant government bodies, but no progress have made.
[1] The first contemporary proposal to rebuild a rail-based public transit system in Cebu was when the Japan International Cooperation Agency created The Roadmap Study for Sustainable Urban Development in Metro Cebu and proposed it to the Aquino administration in April 2015.
Dennis Uy's Udenna Corporation, a Davao City-based company, proposed a monorail instead of a light rail system in 2018.
Udenna's infrastructure head, Michael Jamonir stated that a monorail would cost less to construct and operate than an LRT system.
The group comprises Udenna, SYSTRA Philippines, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen, and Bombardier Transportation (later Alstom), among others.
[9] So far, stations from these areas have been allotted: Talisay, Bulacao, Cebu South Bus Terminal, Kamputhaw, Mabolo and Kasambagan.
[11] The Airport Line will be 9.3 kilometers (5.8 miles) long and will have six stations connecting Cebu City with Mactan.
[12] Licensed production will also be conducted by CRRC Nanjing Puzhen of China as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
[7] According to one of Udenna's partners in the consortium, Jose Guardo's Maglevvision Philippines, the Innovia trainsets will initially use Bombardier's regular monorail technology on prefabricated precast post-tension concrete guide beams.