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MPT South declared Original Proponent for
Cavite Tagaytay Batangas Expressway
By Arlette Capistrano, Communication and Stakeholder Management
Silang, Cavite – The Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Secretary Mark Villar awarded the
Original Proponent Status of the
Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas (CTBEX)
to the Metro Pacific Tollways South, a
business unit of Metro Pacific
Tollways Corporation, a subsidiary of
the Metro Pacific Investments
Corporation. It was in July of 2017
that MPT South submitted the
proposal to DPWH with the objective
of reducing travel time of motorists
going to Tagaytay and Nasugbu
from Manila and vice versa. CTBEX
will connect seamlessly with the
Cavite-Laguna and Cavitex
Expressways of MPTC and will
reduce vehicle operating costs,
improve communities through
employment and income growth
from land development and improve
urban setting, as well as increase
tourist visits to the municipalities
which will be traversed by the
alignment.
“We are glad to award the original
proponent status to MPT South, their
commitment to nation-building is
commendable. CTBEX will
decongest approximately 23,000
vehicles daily from existing
thoroughfares. Moreover, with
CTBEX, travel will be seamless via
MPT South’s network of tollroads.
Mapping out the routes, access to
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region 4A may start from
C5-Southlink in Taguig connecting
to CAVITEX, CALAEX then CTBEX and
from Manila via CAVITEX, CALAEX
then CTBEX. Our doors are open to
any developer with viable proposals,
after all, now is the golden age of
infrastructure as we find more
routes that pave the progress of our
Nation.” Said Secretary Mark Villar.
The project is expected to provide
congestion relief to Aguinaldo
Highway and Tagaytay Nasugbu
road, where traffic is expected to
grow by 4% annually over the next
decade. Travel time will be
shortened in 2 major routes namely
Governor’s Drive to Nasugbu, where
the usual 1 hour and 42 mins will be
reduced to 44 mins, equivalent to
56% time savings, and the Sta. Rosa
to Tagaytay Route, where the usual
travel of 2 hours will be reduced to
46 minutes, equivalent to 62% time
savings. Also, vehicle operating cost
for Class 1 vehicles will decrease by
12% on opening year due to the
shortened travel time.
The 50.42 km CTBEX that will
connect from the West of Silang
East Interchange of the Cavite
Laguna Expressway (CALAEX) will
pass through Silang, Pook, Amadeo,
Tagaytay, Mendez, Alfonso,
Magallanes, Tuy and Nasugbu. It will