P14-B SLEX elevated extension launched

P14-B SLEX elevated extension launched

By Emmie V. Abadilla

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has formally inaugurated its completed P14-billion South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Elevated Extension project meant to solve traffic congestion in Metro Manila.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with other top government officials, led the official opening rites for the project together with SMC President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang.

SMC soft-opened the four-kilometer, two-laned southbound alignment of the project in early December.

This connected the Skyway in Sucat to SLEX at Susanna Heighs in Muntinlupa--bypassing the Alabang viaduct and improving direct access to both the Alabang area and the Alabang-Zapote Road.

Now, SMC has fully delivered the 19 lane-kilometer SLEX Elevated Extension project, sccording to Ang.

The company has attained its goal of providing a long-term solution to worsening traffic on the Skyway, SLEX, and public roads leading to and from them.

This is due to increased vehicular volume over the decades plus bottleneck traffic at the Alabang viaduct.

“Since we soft-opened the southbound SLEX Extension last December 10, motorists in the south have seen a major improvement in the traffic situation," Ang noted.

It has provided relief to thousands of motorists who go home every day to Muntinlupa, Las Pinas, Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas," he pointed out.

"With both the southbound and northbound section of the SLEX Extension now fully operational, travel to and from the south is easier and faster than ever.”

Together, the northbound and southbound lanes of the SLEX Elevated Extension project can accommodate 200,000 cars per day.