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Taguig, Philippines – Department of Public Works & Highways
Secretary Mark Villar, along with CIC joint venture partner
Philippine Reclamation Authority GM Jan Rubiato and Toll
Regulatory Board Director Abe Sales visited the C5 South Link
Expressway Construction, on a joint inspection after the first
set of girders of the main bridge have been installed. This main
bridge crosses on top of the PNR station by the Skyway at
grade between Nichols Toll Plaza and Bicutan and is part of
the first section of the 7.7 kilometer, six-lane expressway
project of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX) set to
be delivered on Q1 of 2019.
“The project is progressing on time and this is good news to
the estimated 50,000 vehicles that will be decongested in
Sales Road in Pasay and EDSA when it starts commercial
operations. Travel time from Parañaque, Las Piñas and Cavite
to Taguig will be cut to 20 to 30 minutes from the usual 1 and a
half hour drive with the direct access to C5. This is an
important project which is part of the BBB program of this
Government.” Said Secretary Villar.

When completed, this PhP10B project will provide motorists
from Parañaque, Las Piñas and Cavite direct access to C5. “We
have launched girders starting last October 6 across PNR area,
and we are set to launch long-span steel girders that will cross
the at grade portion of Skyway and South Luzon Expressway in
the coming days. This is a critical activity of the Project and we
expect substantial completion after the girders are installed”
said Luigi Bautista, President and CEO of the Cavitex
Infrastructure Corporation (CIC), the concessionaire of
CAVITEX.
“We would like to seek the understanding and patience of all
motorists, for the temporary inconvenience. In cooperation
with SOMCO partial closures of Skyway and Skyway at grade
during off-peak hours is implemented. This is necessary when
we position and install the girders. Additionally, we are
working closely with MMDA, DOTR, DPWH and the Taguig,
Pasay and Parañaque LGUs on the traffic management. The
completion of the launching should allow us to complete and
open the Merville section of C5 South Link by the end of March
of 2019,” added Bautista.

CAVITEX is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation
(MPTC). Aside from the CAVITEX, MPTC operates the North
Luzon Expressway, the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, and is
currently constructing the Cavite-Laguna Expressway, the
Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway and soon, the Connector Road.

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