The Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) will open its Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange in the second half of this year, extending the tollway's operational sections from Mamplasan, Laguna, to Aguinaldo Highway in Silang, Cavite.
Todate, the 3.9-kilometer 2x2 lane CALAX subsection is 56 percent complete.
Part of the ongoing works include drainage and bridge construction, excavation and roadway earthworks, and installation of fence and coco net.
“The Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange will help decongest the busiest highway in the province of Cavite — the 41-kilometer Emilio Aguinaldo Highway," explained Raul L. Ignacio, President and General Manager of MPCALA Holdings Incorporation (MHI).
"Motorists from Manila going to the tourist destinations of Silang and Tagaytay, Cavite will benefit from this upcoming project as it offers convenience and shorter travel time,” he noted.
Aside from the Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road Interchange, the Silang Aguinaldo Interchange will serve as an alternative exit of CALAX for Metro Manila motorists going to the country's second summer capital, Tagaytay City.
The interchange is 16 kilometers away from the city proper of Tagaytay via Aguinaldo Highway, and the travel time is around 20 minutes.
Other interchanges of CALAX namely Open Canal, Governor’s Drive, and Kawit, will be completed by 2023.
Currently, CALAX’s operational segment spans 14.24-kilometer with interchanges at Greenfield-Mamplasan, Laguna Technopark, Laguna Boulevard, Santa Rosa-Tagaytay, and Silang East.
Upon complete, the CALAX will connect to the Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) in Kawit, Cavite.
CALAX is a 45-kilometer expressway, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as implementing agency, and with private proponent MPCALA Holdings Inc. (MHI), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), the toll road development arm of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation (MPIC).
MPTC is the biggest toll road developer and operator in the Philippines. Aside from CALAX and CAVITEX, MPTC also holds the concession rights for North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), NLEX Connector Road, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), and Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu.