Traffic builds up along NLEX, SLEX as Holy Week exodus continues

 News
Apr 162014
 
Vehicles continue to build up in several points along the North and South Luzon Expressways Thursday morning as more Filipinos continue to head for provinces for the Holy Week.

As of 10:07 a.m., traffic along the Calamba Toll Plaza in SLEX has become moderate, with the queue of vehicles reaching 1.2 kilometers, the Toll Regulatory Board said on Twitter. Ambulant tellers have been deployed and a counterflow lane has been opened.
 

A 500-meter queue is also building up along the SLEX toll plaza in Ayala, Alabang.

The traffic situation along the northbound lanes from Calamba and Ayala, meanwhile, remains light.

As of 10:08 a.m., the traffic is moderate to heavy along NLEX from Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City to Balagtas Interchange in Bulacan, the Tollways Management Corporation (TMC) tweeted.
 

The traffic flow also ranges from moderate to heavy in the northbound lane from Balintawak Toll Plaza to Sta. Rita Interchange. The same traffic situation has also been reported from Bocaue Interchange to Dau in Pampanga.

The queue of vehicles along the Dau Toll Plaza has reached approximately 1 kilometer, according to TRB.

TMC said on Twitter that the heavy traffic flow in these areas is due to the large volume of vehicles passing along NLEX. — Xianne Arcangel/RSJ, GMA News

MPTC allots P3 B for road construction

 Economy
Jul 142013
 
MPTC allots P3 B for road construction

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), a unit of infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), has set a P3-billion capital expenditure program for its road construction projects this year. MPTC president and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez, in an interview with The STAR on the sidelines of the 6th NLEX (North Luzon Expressway) Tara Na sa Norte Tourism and Travel Fair, said a big chunk of the budget, or P1.7 billion, would go to the Segment 9 project which involves a 2.4-kilometer stretch from Valenzuela City to MacArthur Highway. The project is expected to be completed by the middle of next year. Fernandez said these expansion projects would promote tourism, particularly in the northern part of Luzon where most of their facilities are located. MPTC unit Manila North Tollway Corp. (MNTC) operates the 84-kilometer NLEX and was recently awarded by the state-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) the right to operate and maintain the 94-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTex) for 33 years. “Our educated guess is that tourism has been playing a good part in the traffic increase in NLEX through the years,” he said. For the first half, traffic volume at NLEX rose five percent to an average 172,000 vehicles daily compared to the same period in 2012. The five percent growth is expected to be sustained by the end of the year. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Fernandez said this is significantly higher or double the historical growth of two to four percent Read More …