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    DOTC steps in MPTC-Citra row over connector road, aims for project completion before 2015
    MANILA - The government has stepped in to break the impasse between the private proponents of two separate tollway projects that would help speed up travel time to and from the north and south of Metro Manila.

    "The government will decide on the terms of the common alignment. We will choose between the 50-50 or a modification of that option because it looks like both parties would not agree. Before Christmas there will be a decision because the objective here is to have it started and we want it done before APEC 2015, without any further delay," Transport chief Joseph Emilio Abaya said on Tuesday.

    "One proposal is that they will construct the road with a consensual contractor agreed upon. They will initially spend solely, but eventually when the connector connects the MNTC or the other party will contribute 50 percent to the cost. They will split the revenues 50-50. After three-year period of operations and the traffic stabilizes, the revenues of the common alignment will be split in according to the three-year traffic," Abaya said, referring to the proposal of San Miguel Corp-backed Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp.

    Abaya said the other proposal is both parties split 50-50 from the start of the construction of the common alignment.

    The government expects to start the construction of the two expressways linking North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) by next month.

    "Whatever the government will decide, we will also inform the President, and whatever the government will decide we will come out with the STOA of the Citra and SMC franchise," Abaya said, referring to the Supplemental Toll Operations Agreement.

    Metro Pacific Tollways Corp (MPTC) and Citra earlier set December 15 as the deadline to conclude an agreement on the common alignment.

    Citra and MPTC are pursuing separate tollway projects that would link NLEX to SLEX. Their projects however will share a 5-kilometer stretch of road from Buendia Avenue in Makati City to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines campus in Sta. Mesa, Manila.

    The original proposal was for a 3-kilometer common road from Buendia to Plaza Dilao in Paco, Manila.

    Citra Manila runs the SLEX, while MPTC unit Manila North Tollways Corp operates the NLEX.

    MPTC plans to construct the 13-kilometer NLEX-SLEX Connector Road for P22.95 billion. The project is expected to start early next year and would create 8,000 jobs. The connector road would run along the tracks of state-owned Philippine National Railways.

    The National Economic and Development Authority has yet to approve the Swiss challenge for the project. A Swiss challenge is required since the project is an unsolicited proposal.

    Citra Manila's project calls for a P25.4 billion 14-kilometer, six-lane tollway that will have exits in Quirino and Plaza Dilao in Manila; and in Aurora Boulevard, E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon Boulevard, Sgt. Rivera, and Balintawak in Quezon City.
    http://www.interaksyon.com/business/...on-before-2015
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    Wow, that's the planned route?

    The connector road would run along the tracks of state-owned Philippine National Railways.
    It the connector highway going to be elevated then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by roninblade View Post
    Wow, that's the planned route?

    It the connector highway going to be elevated then?
    May maiksi ang blue option... Dapat Skyway ka na at exit na lang sa Buendia....

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    Quote Originally Posted by roninblade View Post
    Wow, that's the planned route?It the connector highway going to be elevated then?
    ganito ata yun...

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    I think the MNTC alignment is designed to serve the port area and those who are just passing through to get from NLEX to SLEX (and vice versa) while the Citra connection is more for those who want to get around the Metro based on the designated exit/entrance points.

    The one going over the PNR airway would probably less right-of-way problems since it's supposed to be all-clear already right?

    Because of this NLEX-SLEX link, there are some areas where i want to buy property... if only i had the moolah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vinj View Post
    I think the MNTC alignment is designed to serve the port area and those who are just passing through to get from NLEX to SLEX (and vice versa) while the Citra connection is more for those who want to get around the Metro based on the designated exit/entrance points.

    The one going over the PNR airway would probably less right-of-way problems since it's supposed to be all-clear already right?

    Because of this NLEX-SLEX link, there are some areas where i want to buy property... if only i had the moolah.
    that's right...para makaiwas din daw sa truck ban...mapabilis din ang logistics ng mga product...sobrang traffic nyan pag nagstart na construction sa masasagasaan daan

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    Quote Originally Posted by timrev View Post
    ganito ata yun...
    Mas better option ito, less ang project impact, and less traffic during construction.

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    Yung nagmamaneho sa ibabaw ng tren pwede din mag hagis ng supot ng ebak sa tren sa ibaba parang yung ginagawa ng mga nakatira sa gilid ng riles?

    Seriously, The NLEX and SLEX should get connected. A lot of vehicles passing through EDSA, Quirino, etc. don't really have business in the area and just need the roads to access one expressway to the next.

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    pag natapos yan.....3 na lang ang connector ng SLEX-NLEX.
    lets not forget the slex-C5-mindanao ave.-nlex.

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