With over 67 million Filipinos expected to vote in the 2022 National Election, MPCALA Holdings Inc., the concessionaire for the Cavite-Laguna expressway (CALAX) is bracing itself for an expected four-day traffic surge, May 6 to 9, 2022, as more Filipinos go back to their hometown to vote. DRIVE...
​President Duterte on Wednesday night inaugurated​ the 8.9-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX), which he said will provide a solution to the "perennial traffic issues" of Metro Cebu. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte congratulated the Metro Pacific Tollways...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo vowed on Wednesday, Dec. 1 to prioritize the construction of an expressway and a railroad that will connect her home region of Bicol to other urban areas in the name of "rural development". Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) She noted on the...
Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (3) The Cebu Link Joint Venture (CLJV), a consortium consisting of ACCIONA, First Balfour, and DMCI, joined both sides of the 390-meter central span of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway cable-stayed bridge in a P20-billion ($400 million) undertaking. The project, awarded...
San Miguel Corporation clarified that, while it has held initial discussions, the firm has not formally engaged Palafox Associates and Palafox Architecture Group, Inc. for a consulting agreement for the P95 billion Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) project. “There is no formal engagement with Arch...
The government has greenlighted San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) ₱95-billion Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) project, a 19.37-km, six-lane elevated road, that will run along the banks of the Pasig River. In a statement, SMC said PAREX will start from Radial Road 10 in the City of Manila to C-6...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo I am writing this column as we prepare for the inauguration of the Pantaleon-Estrella Bridge this July 29 — a project bombarded by criticism and fake news since it started construction in January, 2019. I remember announcing the closure, dismantling and transfer of...
A mere 20-minute travel time between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija will soon be achieveable following the opening of the 18-kilometer (km) portion of the 30-km Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX). (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) The expressway is now accessible from Tarlac City to...
Motorists will finally gain access to the first 18-kilometer (km) portion of the 30-km Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 15. FINALLY ACCESSIBLE--The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX), which connects Tarlac City to Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija, will be...
Two segments of the Cavitex-C5 South Link Expressway are poised to be inaugurated next year, leading to the opening of an accumulated 3.5 kilometers (km) of the 7.7-km road project. NEW ROAD NEXT YEAR--Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar leads the inspection of the...
NLEX Corporation is building a P2 billion, two-kilometer expressway section between the existing Mindanao Avenue toll plaza and Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City, within the second half of this year. “The construction of this section will be welcome news for NLEX commuters who face daily...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
