Skyway extension to Alabang now open

**JackFlash** · April 7th, 2011 07:11 PM

Good news to all "southerners!": http://www.skyway.com.ph/news/63-sky...-now-open.html

Skyway project developer, Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC), and Skyway operator, Skyway O&M Corporation (SOMCO), opened to traffic the Skyway extension to Alabang at 4 p.m. on April 6.

Skyway Stage 2 was inaugurated in the morning prior to the said opening. Transportation and Communication Secretary Jose P. de Jesus, who was designated by President Benigno Aquino III to attend the event in his stead, led the inaugural run through the new section. Joining him are Vice President Jejomar Binay, CMMTC Chairman Jose P. Magno III, CMMTC President and Chief Executive Officer Shadik Wahono, Indonesian Ambassador Yohanes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) president and chief operating officer Jorge Consunji and other high-ranking government officials. A short program followed at the new Skyway Main Toll Plaza where Secretary de Jesus delivered a message from President Aquino, who had to decline from joining the Stage 2 inauguration due to previous work commitments. Meanwhile, former president Fidel V. Ramos, under whose administration the South Metro Manila Skyway Project was initiated as one of the government’s flagship infrastructure projects, also graced the Skyway inauguration.

CMMTC and its main contractor, DMCI,. began to construct Skyway Stage 2 in May 2009. By the end of March 2011, the project was substantially completed, ahead of its May 2011 official target schedule. The project’s Bicutan-Sucat section was completed and opened to traffic on December 15.

After the Skyway extension to Alabang is opened, the temporary On/Off ramps in the Bicutan area will be closed. Motorists coming from or going to SLEX can instead use the new permanent On/Off ramps across Hillsborough Subdivision while those coming from or going to Alabang will use the Alabang On/Off Ramps at South Station.

Also, the Skyway Toll Plaza A and B will no longer process toll transactions. All transactions such as E-Pass and payment for current toll fees of P85 for Class 1 vehicles and P170 for Class 2 vehicles will be done at the toll plazas in Dona Soledad, Dr. A. Santos and Alabang.

The Bicutan-Alabang section will be toll-free for 2 weeks before CMMTC implements the new toll rates for the integrated Skyway System.

Someone told me that a friend of theirs took only 8 mins from Nichols to Alabang. Now that's what I call driving. I just hope that the slow moving jologs drivers don't hog the fast lane as news of this spreads. Gentlemen, start your engines.

**sm2by** · April 7th, 2011 10:34 PM

Manila now has its own Autobahn

Bring out the Radar Guns and Speed Cameras...

**Chikselog** · April 7th, 2011 10:45 PM

Nagulat ako sa SLEX. Last time na dumaan ako dun New Year's day, marami pang kalat ng construction noon, ngayon walang wala na.

Biglang bumilis ang construction ng SLEX at Skyway. Tanggap ko na ang price increase haha! Swabe na ang daloy doon.

**looks2008** · April 7th, 2011 11:04 PM

yehey!!!! it is good news!

**looks2008** · April 7th, 2011 11:07 PM

double post

**chua_riwap** · April 7th, 2011 11:10 PM

good news for us who's from the south. may choice ka na.....its' either skyway or slex. tamang-tama, ang exit namin madalas, sa alabang.

ilang minutes na ba yang alabang, via skyway? may nakasubok na ba?

**CVT** · April 8th, 2011 08:15 AM

I tried it last night (from Magallanes ramp up to Alabang South Station Exit),- here are the updates, based on my limited observation:

1. Toll gates at the NAIA3 area (southbound) are now disabled. So, no more build up of traffic at these tollgates because of the queue of vehicles.
2. Ramp down at Bicutan reentering SLEX also now disabled.
3. Nice tollgate interchange between Sucat and Alabang. Good design. You pay here, and if you're proceeding to the South Station Exit,- you pay another round of toll.....

4. After the rampdown near Hillsborough/Alabang Hills, reentering SLEX, there is practically just one lane going towards the Alabang South Station Exit. If one gets into an accident or one puffs out, then traffic build up would be horrendous. (The same is true with the Sucat Exit,- practically just one lane going toward the toll booth and the rempdown merging with Sucat Road)....

5. Good merging scheme from Skyway rampdown into the Alabang-Zapote Road.

I was observing the flow of vehicles in Sucat this morning, and I see a lot of them patronizing the Skyway, both northbound and southbound between Sucat and Alabang.....

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**CVT** · April 8th, 2011 12:01 PM

Iyon bang ginagawa sa may C5 at SLEX interchange ay para sa ramp papuntang Skyway southbound?

Anyone who could confirm this, please?

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**shadow** · April 8th, 2011 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

Iyon bang ginagawa sa may C5 at SLEX interchange ay para sa ramp papuntang Skyway southbound?

Anyone who could confirm this, please?

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I think wala, I emailed Citra about this ang sabi it's for their new system daw, siguro para distinguish na nila kung galing ng C5 or Nichols.

here's their reply:

1. The plazas and toll booths being constructed are for entry of
vehicles. The new system requires for the issuance of toll cards at the
entry, hence the new plazas. The toll rates will still be the same for
Nichols and C5

**CVT** · April 8th, 2011 01:00 PM

^^^ Thanks bro.... Now, that is perplexing (dahil they already got rid of this activity)....

Why would the new system require a toll card for their first entry point? Mahabang queue na naman ng mga sasakyan iyan sa pag-re-release ng toll cards.....

(At, pareho naman ang toll rates for both Nichols and C5)

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**shadow** · April 8th, 2011 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

^^^ Thanks bro.... Now, that is perplexing (dahil they already got rid of this activity)....

Why would the new system require a toll card for their first entry point? Mahabang queue na naman ng mga sasakyan iyan sa pag-re-release ng toll cards.....

(At, pareho naman ang toll rates for both Nichols and C5)

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for records/statistic siguro, para malaman nila kung ilan actual galing ng C5 or Nichols so next time alam na nila kung anong entry tataasan nila ng toll

pero mukhang t*anga nga kung hinde nila lagyan ng entry to skyway yun galing ng C5 eh katabi lang yun skyway eh

**CVT** · April 8th, 2011 01:13 PM

^^^ Yup,- kaya from C5 going south, enter ako ng Nichols/Ft. Bonifacio,- balik sa SLEX ext papuntang Makati, U turn sa ilalim ng Magallanes interchange tapos ramp up sa Skyway. Ginawa ko ito kagabi with painful consequences, dahil super traffic. Naipit ako ng 30minutes...

Or, tawid papuntang NAIA3,- ikot sa rotonda and then ramp up sa SKyway southbound.

T*nga nga sila bro.... Practical na ikabit ang 2 major thoroughfares na ito,- kaysa makipagbugbugan ka sa SLEX funnel sa ibaba... From 6-8lanes yata na nagiging 3...

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**shadow** · April 8th, 2011 01:17 PM

maybe they can't construct higher than the existing bridge going down SLEX, dahil airport doon eh baka meron provision sa height ng mga structures...

hinde rin meron palang mga matataas na billboards doon.

teka lang email ko na lang ulit sila.

pero ganun kaya original design talaga ng skyway? magiging two lanes na lang sa dulo? or nagtipid na sila...? tama sabi mo pag meron stalled vehicle wala ng kwenta skyway

**CVT** · April 8th, 2011 01:32 PM

Bro.,- yes.

I think(?) that at that point, the Skyway is near to or at ground level and is to the left of SLEX southbound. So, the highest infrastructure is the bridge from C5 to SLEX southbound. I could be wrong though.

Dapat inayos na nila ang design ng Skyway. There is at least 2km of road na halos single-lane lang from the rampdown at Alabang Hills back to SLEX Southbound to the Alabang South Station Exit. And, about 400meters naman sa Sucat Exit....Isang stalled vehicle lang na hindi makalusot ang iba,- malaking parking lot ang Skyway, dahil saan manggagaling ang hihila?

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**niky** · April 8th, 2011 04:30 PM

Counterflow? Throw the car over the side?

Even the northbound section from around Alabang to Sucat is too narrow... two lanes is going to be a big handicap when it goes into regular operation.

**CVT** · April 9th, 2011 01:58 PM

Nakupo,- gagawa rin lang ng Skyway infrastructure,- hindi pa inayos ang design...

Okay iyong idea mo na ihagis ang sasakyan sa ibaba...

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**cjv_justice** · April 9th, 2011 06:10 PM

better enjoy using it now habang mura pa...

**Fargin** · April 9th, 2011 07:30 PM

nde ko maintindihan kung saang part yung free for 2 wks, yung bicutan to alabang? saan entry nun, sa may dona soledad pa? bakit nde na lang ginawang free yung southbound lane? so bale yung northbound from alabang to bicutan may bayad?

**Ry_Tower** · April 9th, 2011 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by cjv_justice

better enjoy using it now habang mura pa...

+1 dito, hehe, siguradong tataas din yan since bago pa.

**CVT** · April 11th, 2011 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Fargin

nde ko maintindihan kung saang part yung free for 2 wks, yung bicutan to alabang? saan entry nun, sa may dona soledad pa? bakit nde na lang ginawang free yung southbound lane? so bale yung northbound from alabang to bicutan may bayad?

Can't tell for certain dahil e-pass ako. Unless humingi ako ng record of usage...

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