The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) inspected the over 95 percent complete, soon-to-open, CAVITEX C5 Link Flyover extension (Segment 3A2: Merville to E. Rodriguez Ave.) of Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) and joint venture partner, Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA).
The TRB’s inspection team, together with CIC representatives, checked on the progress of the 1.6km flyover extension that will connect to the operational 2.2km Cavitex C5 Link flyover.
The infrastructure will provide convenient access for motorists bound to SLEX/C5 from Merville and vice versa.
The parties also discussed the traffic management plan for the area once the extension opens.
This entails transferring of the Merville entry and exit ramp to in front of Shell C5 Southlink for better traffic flow.
Traffic signalization and signages will be installed in coordination with the local authorities to help manage traffic for motorists bound to the expressway, and those that will use the service road.
“We are pleased to see the progress of the CAVITEX C5 Link, which will serve 15,000 motorists, lessening travel time from SLEX to Pasay, Taguig and Paranaque, helping decongest some of our local roads” said TRB Executive Director Atty. Alvin A. Carullo.
Meanwhile, construction for its other segment, Segment 2 (CAVITEX R1 Expressway to Sucat Interchange) also continues in full swing, now reaching more than 30 percent completion.
Once this segment connects CAVITEX to its Sucat Interchange, motorist travel time between the two areas will be reduced by as much as thirty minutes, bypassing traffic from Sucat Road and Quirino Avenue.
“With CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension opening soon, we urge our motorists to have an Easytrip RFID installed and use it when traveling through our expressways, such as CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 to avoid long queues at the cash lanes,” according to CIC President and General Manager Raul L. Ignacio.
To encourage motorists to avail of its RFID services, free RFID installation and reloading services are made available at CAVITEX C5 Link Customer Service Center.
Other installations and reloading sites outside of the expressways are also made available for motorists.
Once the entire CAVITEX C5 Link project is completed in 2023, the 7.7km expressway will benefit more than 50,000 motorists.
It will reduce travel time from CAVITEX to Makati, Taguig, and Pasay in under forty-five minutes while helping decongest EDSA, MIA Road., Roxas Boulevard and other major thoroughfares.
Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation, concessionaire of CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), the toll road development arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Aside from CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link, MPTC also holds concession rights for Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), the Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the NLEX Connector Road, and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu.
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The article was originally published in Manila Bulletin and written by Emmie V. Abadilla.
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