The construction of the integrated and all-elevated expressway connection between the North and South Luzon expressways has started, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Tuesday.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar inspected the NLEX Connector construction site along the Philippine National Railways tracks in Caloocan City together with officials of NLEX Corporation and construction company D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI).
Earlier, NLEX Corp. formally awarded the main works contract to DMCI for the first five-kilometer section of the NLEX connector road from Grace Park, Caloocan City to España Boulevard in Sampaloc, Manila.
Spanning a total of eight kilometers, the full NLEX Connector will be an all-weather, all vehicle class elevated expressway that will traverse the new Caloocan Interchange in 5th Avenue/C3 Road in Caloocan City, pass through España and eventually link up with the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 at PUP Sta. Mesa in Manila.
Villar was also present during the formal awarding of the main civil works contract to DMCI together with Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) president and chief executive officer Rodrigo E. Franco, NLEX Corporation president and general manager J. Luigi L. Bautista, NLEX Corporation chief operating officer (COO) Raul L. Ignacio, DMCI president and CEO Jorge A. Consunji, DMCI associate managing director Christopher R. Rodriguez, and DMCI senior vice president for business strategy and development, Rebecca E. Civil.
The contract covers the main civil works for the Caloocan-España section.
The NLEX Connector will continue the NLEX southward from NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 from the new Caloocan Interchange.
The project will utilize portions of the existing right-of-way (ROW) of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
The PNR's ROW will be shared by the NLEX Connector project and the North South Commuter Railway (NSCR), currently also under construction.
Around 35,000 motorists, especially cargo trucks, who are expected to benefit from the project, will be spared using Metro Manila’s congested city roads since they will traverse their routes mostly above the PNR alignment.
Just before the awarding, Villar visited the project site and urged the fast-tracking of the turnover of the ROW.
“We are committed to accelerating the ROW acquisition in order to build traffic solutions for our motorists,” he said in a statement.
The new Caloocan Interchange will serve as a strategic converging point for the 5.65-kilometer NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, the 2.6-kilometer R-10 section, and the eight-kilometer NLEX Connector.
Since its groundbreaking witnessed by President Rodrigo Duterte last February 28, several constructions have been achieved and the engineering works have progressed.
“Upon full completion in 2021, the NLEX Connector will significantly cut travel time from NLEX to SLEX by at least 60 percent. Instead of the usual two hours, travel time will now be reduced to about 20 minutes,” Villar said.
"Likewise, it will provide improved accessibility for cargo trucks bound for the Manila Ports (North and South Harbor) and the international airports such as NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) and Clark,” he added.
For his part, Bautista is confident that their team including their contractor, and government partners will work together to deliver high-quality elevated expressway.
“We are looking forward to provide further convenience to our motorists as the NLEX Connector aims to decongest major thoroughfares such Edsa and C5,” he said.
Aside from providing a solution to traffic congestion in Metro Manila, the NLEX Connector is also expected to stimulate economic development in Manila, Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas, as well as its surrounding areas.
The NLEX Connector is one of the first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects awarded by the Duterte administration in 2016.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1085091
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
NLEx Corp. awards P8-B Phase 1 connector road to DMCI
NLEx Corp. on Tuesday awarded to D.M. Consunji Inc. (DMCI) the first phase of an elevated toll road connecting the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) to South Luzon Expressway.
The P8-billion contract to build the first five kilometers of the NLEx Connector project was handed to DMCI during a site inspection at Grace Park in Caloocan City.
Phase 1 of the project will connect NLEx from the Caloocan Interchange to España Boulevard.
“The actual work on the ground, for the first four or five [kilometers] would be towards the end of November,” NLEx Corp. president Luigi Bautista said.
The first section of the NLEx Connector project is targeted to be completed within 20 months.
The entire elevated road project spans eight kilometers, traversing the Caloocan Interchange along 5th Avenue through to España. It will eventually link with the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
The tender offer for the procurement process covering the second phase from España to PUP Sta. Mesa will start next month, Bautista said.
“Towards the end of March next year we should be able to appoint already a contractor for Section 2,” he said.
Section 2 is targeted to be completed in 18 months, he added.
The project will use portions of the existing right-of-way of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
“Upon full completion in 2021, the NLEx Connector will significantly cut travel time from NLEx to SLEx by at least sixty percent. Instead of the usual two hours, travel time will now be reduced to about 20 minutes,” Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said.
“It will also provide accessibility for cargo trucks bound for Manila ports and the international airports such as NAIA and Clark,” the Cabinet official added. —VDS, GMA News
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/714225/nlex-corp-awards-p8-b-phase-1-connector-road-to-dmci/story/
The P8-billion contract to build the first five kilometers of the NLEx Connector project was handed to DMCI during a site inspection at Grace Park in Caloocan City.
Phase 1 of the project will connect NLEx from the Caloocan Interchange to España Boulevard.
“The actual work on the ground, for the first four or five [kilometers] would be towards the end of November,” NLEx Corp. president Luigi Bautista said.
The first section of the NLEx Connector project is targeted to be completed within 20 months.
The entire elevated road project spans eight kilometers, traversing the Caloocan Interchange along 5th Avenue through to España. It will eventually link with the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
The tender offer for the procurement process covering the second phase from España to PUP Sta. Mesa will start next month, Bautista said.
“Towards the end of March next year we should be able to appoint already a contractor for Section 2,” he said.
Section 2 is targeted to be completed in 18 months, he added.
The project will use portions of the existing right-of-way of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
“Upon full completion in 2021, the NLEx Connector will significantly cut travel time from NLEx to SLEx by at least sixty percent. Instead of the usual two hours, travel time will now be reduced to about 20 minutes,” Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said.
“It will also provide accessibility for cargo trucks bound for Manila ports and the international airports such as NAIA and Clark,” the Cabinet official added. —VDS, GMA News
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/714225/nlex-corp-awards-p8-b-phase-1-connector-road-to-dmci/story/
DMCI bags deal to build NLEX-SLEX link road
NLEX Corp. said it tapped D.M. Consunji Inc. to build the first section of the P23.3-billion NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project.
NLEX president and general manager Luigi Bautista said the company appointed DMCI as the contractor for the NLEX Connector Road Project Section 1.
NLEX Section 1 is a 5-kilometer road that runs from Caloocan connecting to C3 all the way to España Boulevard in Manila.
“Next week, we will sign the contract and then the first bored pile that will be executed will be second week of November. So between today and the second week of November, DMCI will start preparing for mobilization,” Bautista said.
The project will be completed in 20 months.
The P23.3-billion NLEX-SLEX Connector Road is an eight-kilometer elevated four-lane expressway extending NLEX southward from the end of Segment 10 on C3 Road Caloocan City to PUP Sta. Mesa, Manila and connecting to Skyway Stage 3 by mostly traversing the PNR rail track.
The project includes two interchanges at C3 Road/5th Avenue in Caloocan and España in Manila.
Once completed by 2021, the project will reduce travel time from SLEX to NLEX from two hours to just 20 minutes. Some 35,000 motorists are expected to use the project.
It will also reduce the travel time from Clark in Pampaga to Calamba, Laguna from about three hours to one hour and 40 minutes.
The company earlier posted a net profit of P3.03 billion from January to June, up from P2.85 billion in the same period last year.
Consolidated net revenues increased 11 percent in the six-month period to P7.44 billion from P6.68 billion in the same period last year.
NLEX attributed the growth in net income to the higher traffic volume in NLEX and SCTEX and incremental toll revenues arising from the toll adjustments that took effect on March 21 for NLEX and June 14 for SCTEX.
Average daily traffic at NLEX reached 268,222 daily vehicle entries, up by 5.3 percent from the same period last year, while average daily traffic in SCTEX reached 70,809, higher by 12.2 percent than the previous year.
http://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/corporate/308606/dmci-bags-deal-to-build-nlex-slex-link-road.html
NLEX president and general manager Luigi Bautista said the company appointed DMCI as the contractor for the NLEX Connector Road Project Section 1.
NLEX Section 1 is a 5-kilometer road that runs from Caloocan connecting to C3 all the way to España Boulevard in Manila.
“Next week, we will sign the contract and then the first bored pile that will be executed will be second week of November. So between today and the second week of November, DMCI will start preparing for mobilization,” Bautista said.
The project will be completed in 20 months.
The P23.3-billion NLEX-SLEX Connector Road is an eight-kilometer elevated four-lane expressway extending NLEX southward from the end of Segment 10 on C3 Road Caloocan City to PUP Sta. Mesa, Manila and connecting to Skyway Stage 3 by mostly traversing the PNR rail track.
The project includes two interchanges at C3 Road/5th Avenue in Caloocan and España in Manila.
Once completed by 2021, the project will reduce travel time from SLEX to NLEX from two hours to just 20 minutes. Some 35,000 motorists are expected to use the project.
It will also reduce the travel time from Clark in Pampaga to Calamba, Laguna from about three hours to one hour and 40 minutes.
The company earlier posted a net profit of P3.03 billion from January to June, up from P2.85 billion in the same period last year.
Consolidated net revenues increased 11 percent in the six-month period to P7.44 billion from P6.68 billion in the same period last year.
NLEX attributed the growth in net income to the higher traffic volume in NLEX and SCTEX and incremental toll revenues arising from the toll adjustments that took effect on March 21 for NLEX and June 14 for SCTEX.
Average daily traffic at NLEX reached 268,222 daily vehicle entries, up by 5.3 percent from the same period last year, while average daily traffic in SCTEX reached 70,809, higher by 12.2 percent than the previous year.
http://www.manilastandard.net/index.php/business/corporate/308606/dmci-bags-deal-to-build-nlex-slex-link-road.html
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