MPCALA Holdings Inc., a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, to complete the entire 45-kilometer Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) by the third quarter of 2025. In a statement, the firm said it will open the longest section of CALAX by the first quarter of 2025. The CALAX Governor’s Drive...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is offering the government’s remaining shares in NLEX Corp. to the public, which the Pangilinan group failed to acquire due to privatization rules. Finance Undersecretary Catherine L. Fong confirmed to Manila Bulletin that the government still holds 64,920 shares...
NIGHT OWL The first section of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Connector is now complete. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the inauguration last March 27 of the 5.15-kilometer Caloocan-España section of the NLEX Connector. This part of the NLEX Connector bridges C3 Road, Caloocan and...
BATANGAS – The provincial government of Batangas has granted San Miguel Corporation (SMC) a 35-year concession to design, build, operate, and maintain a four-lane, 61-kilometer toll road that would hopefully spur economic growth here. The SMC is undertaking the P44.77-billion Nasugbu-Bauan...
An extension of an interlink expressway project in Central Luzon that connects Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Tarlac will be operational in the first half of 2023, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Photo:...
The Silang, Cavite Local Government Unit (LGU) urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to break the right-of-way (ROW) deadlock holding up a critical section of the Cavite Laguna Expressway (CALAX) for half a decade. "Maybe we can get a compromise agreement (between CALAX operator...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has officially deputized 16 traffic officers of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). They completed and passed the deputization training and examination and are now authorized to strictly enforce traffic rules and regulations inside the...
Travel around Luzon Island is now faster with the operation of several expressways that connect Metro Manila to many parts of the north, east, west, and south of the island. From the country’s first expressways – the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) built in...
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...
