Nlex Corp. said on Wednesday it is spending P150 million in a road raising project to mitigate the risk of flooding in a 640-meter stretch of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).
“We are always on the lookout for solutions that can help improve the reliability and safety of our roads and other structures. By elevating this portion of SCTEX, motorists can expect to traverse a safer and more accessible route especially during inclement weather conditions,” Nlex Corp. President Luigi Bautista said. The project involves the construction of new pavement on top of the existing one and addition of new culverts or drainage structures.
Portions of the 640-meter stretch will be raised to as high as two meters by filling them with layers of materials.
Once completed, the project will enable the infrastructure to be more resilient and further sustain severe weather events.
The project is expected to be finished by the third quarter of 2022.
Nlex Corp. is closing portions of the lane due to the project. It has deployed traffic management and safety measures to guide motorists and reduce travel delays.
In June, the company announced that it plans to spend P1.2 billion on capital investments this year to enhance and maintain the North Luzon Expressway (Nlex) System.
Bautista said the capital outlays will be used for various initiatives to upgrade its infrastructure, toll collection system, and account management system.
These include the upgrade of the expressway’s core system and equipment, providing for a faster processing of lane transactions for RFID users, which constitute 70 percent of the expressway’s customers. Aside from conducting software upgrades and system migration, Nlex Corp. will also replace its toll system equipment within the year.
Roughly 100 toll system equipment along the Nlex will be upgraded such as toll fare indicators, lane status indicators, traffic control gates, automatic vehicle classification devices, and loop detectors.
The company will equip its toll plazas with new traffic control gates, automatic vehicle classification devices, lane status indicators, and loop detectors, boosting operational efficiency and transaction accuracy.
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The article was originally published in Business Mirror and written by Lorenz S. Marasigan.
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