The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is determined to complete the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAx) project by the planned 2020 deadline.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said the construction and acquisition of road right-of-way for CALAx are being fast tracked to meet the targeted deadline.
The CALAx is a 45.29-kilometer, four-lane toll road which starts from Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) in Kawit, Cavite and ends at the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)-Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan, Laguna with eight interchanges and one main toll barrier.
It also has a bridge component of 12,207 meters inclusive of 4,618 meters of viaduct.
The project is being implemented by the private concessionaire MPCALA Holdings Inc. of the Metro Pacific Group under public-private partnership program of the government.
Just recently, Villar himself checked the progress of works on the ongoing infrastructure project.
To date, the DPWH chief gave an update about CALAx, in which “96 percent of letter offer have been served to the landowners, 81 percent of the signed Deeds of Absolute Sale (DOAS) and expropriation cases have been submitted to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), and 21 percent of the permits to enter/writ of possessions have been issued.”
“The construction of the 18-kilometer Laguna segment which starts from Aguinaldo Interchange and ends in Mamplasan Interchange of SLEX in Biñan, Laguna is 13.8 completed while the 27-kilometer Cavite Segment will soon begin,” he said.
Villar has been going around public works projects nationwide to personally inspect them. The latest of which also inclded the ongoing improvement project of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel.
The Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP) aims to mitigate the massive flooding caused by the overflowing of Pasig-Marikina River resulting in severe damages to lives, properties and infrastructure in Metro Manila.
Such project comprises of the “construction and installation of revetments, parapet walls, dike embankment, sluice structures, bridge foundation protection and even riverbank excavation, dredging works, and drainage improvement along the priority critical sections of the Pasig-Marikina River,” Villar said.
The Phase III of the project has been completed and is composed of Lower Marikina River Improvement (Napindan Channel to Downstream of Mangahan Floodway) and the remaining works from the Pasig River Improvement (Delpan Bridge to Napindan Channel).
“The completion of Phase III decreased flood inundation by 18 percent as well as reduced flood damages by P14.3 billion. It also reduced the number affected population by 0.2 million,” he said.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said the construction and acquisition of road right-of-way for CALAx are being fast tracked to meet the targeted deadline.
The CALAx is a 45.29-kilometer, four-lane toll road which starts from Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) in Kawit, Cavite and ends at the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)-Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan, Laguna with eight interchanges and one main toll barrier.
It also has a bridge component of 12,207 meters inclusive of 4,618 meters of viaduct.
The project is being implemented by the private concessionaire MPCALA Holdings Inc. of the Metro Pacific Group under public-private partnership program of the government.
Just recently, Villar himself checked the progress of works on the ongoing infrastructure project.
To date, the DPWH chief gave an update about CALAx, in which “96 percent of letter offer have been served to the landowners, 81 percent of the signed Deeds of Absolute Sale (DOAS) and expropriation cases have been submitted to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), and 21 percent of the permits to enter/writ of possessions have been issued.”
“The construction of the 18-kilometer Laguna segment which starts from Aguinaldo Interchange and ends in Mamplasan Interchange of SLEX in Biñan, Laguna is 13.8 completed while the 27-kilometer Cavite Segment will soon begin,” he said.
Villar has been going around public works projects nationwide to personally inspect them. The latest of which also inclded the ongoing improvement project of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel.
The Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP) aims to mitigate the massive flooding caused by the overflowing of Pasig-Marikina River resulting in severe damages to lives, properties and infrastructure in Metro Manila.
Such project comprises of the “construction and installation of revetments, parapet walls, dike embankment, sluice structures, bridge foundation protection and even riverbank excavation, dredging works, and drainage improvement along the priority critical sections of the Pasig-Marikina River,” Villar said.
The Phase III of the project has been completed and is composed of Lower Marikina River Improvement (Napindan Channel to Downstream of Mangahan Floodway) and the remaining works from the Pasig River Improvement (Delpan Bridge to Napindan Channel).
“The completion of Phase III decreased flood inundation by 18 percent as well as reduced flood damages by P14.3 billion. It also reduced the number affected population by 0.2 million,” he said.
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