Dapat wag pumayag government kahit libre pa. Too much focus sa road na parang ang nagpapaikot ng buhay sa metro manila eh kalsada/kotse.

If they really want to build a road eh i dare them to build an underground road. Tingnan ko kung kaya ng bulsa nila.

Rivals Ayala, SM team up for P25-B tollway project >> Manila Bulletin Business

Rivals Ayala, SM team up for P25-B tollway project


Published March 31, 2017, 10:00 PM

By Emmie V. Abadilla

The country’s biggest property groups – the Ayalas and SM – have teamed up for a P25-billion unsolicited toll road to cut travel time to their huge malls in two cities – the Ayalas’ Makati Central Business District (CBD) and the Sys’ SM Mall of Asia (MOA) in Pasay.

Rivals Ayala Corp. Infrastructure Holdings Corporation (AC Infra) and SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) yesterday submitted their unsolicited proposal for the C3 Elevated Expressway (C3EX) to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Both committed to finance, design and build the four-lane, 8.6-kilometer C3EX to link Sta. Mesa, Manila to the MOA Complex, Pasay City via the Makati CBD.

Other groups are interested to join the project but discussion is still ongoing with about a couple of other prospective proponents, AC Infra President and CEO Jose Rene D. Almendras told reporters.

The C3EX, which will be completed in three years, will offer an alternative route from the Pasay and Makati CBDs to the cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan and Manila, reducing traffic congestion along EDSA and improving access to the Manila Bay development areas.

From C3 Sta. Mesa, the elevated toll road will traverse a portion of the Pasig River up to the Circuit Makati area, run parallel to South Avenue and follow Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue all the way to the MOA Complex.

Its maximum capacity will be 150,000 vehicles although they plan to operate it at 100,000 vehicles moving at 60 kilometers per hour.

The C3EX, which creates a jump-over to the North, will even complement San Miguel Corporation (SMC)’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway in the South.

“It will be a game changer for Metro Manila traffic and cut travel time to Makati by 75 per cent,” he noted.

“It’s a good project for addressing traffic,” added Tristan Choa, SMIC VP for Investment Portfolio.

And the government “will not spend a single centavo” according to Almendras. They will reimburse the government for the Right of Way (ROW) worth “a few billion pesos”.