infrastructure

SMC gambles to become PH’s lead toll road operator with massive P554-B budget

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is next betting big on expressways, announcing on Wednesday it would spend P554 billion in five years to expand its current network, mainly located in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The plan,…

NLEx harbor link project up for completion

Motorists coming from Manila Port to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) may soon expect travel time to take only 10 minutes via the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10. “Once completed, this will ease traffic, travel time will…

Philippines aims for ‘golden age of infrastructure’

Desperately needed airports and trains are part of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s envisioned “golden age of infrastructure”, but graft, red tape and other perennial problems threaten the $170-billion plan. Unprecedented influxes of money from China and Japan…

3rd Mactan bridge construction to begin

The third Mactan bridge that will link mainland Cebu directly to Cordova town will officially break ground on March 2. Cordova Mayor Tetche Sitoy-Cho announced that the attendance of President Rodrigo Duterte during the event was still…

Construction of P230-M Lucena underpass set to begin

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to start the P230 million underpass road project along the Maharlika Highway diversion road in the outskirts of the city to decongest traffic…

DPWH widens highway by the lake

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Thursday opened to motorists two new lanes on the Laguna Lake Highway, formerly known as C-6 Dike Road. The new lanes, stretching between Barangay Napindan and M. L.…

P100-B tollroad projects proposed

Two unsolicited tollroad projects valued at more than  P100 billion have been proposed to ease road congestion in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The projects were the 102-kilometer Manila to Quezon Expressway and the 17.7-km Manila to…

SMC plans to extend Skyway project

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. plans to extend its 14.82-kilometer elevated tollroad project that will link North and Luzon Expressways to open up a new route for heavy vehicles heading to eastern Metro Manila. In a disclosure to…

R-10 made wider; DPWH sees project done by April

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Thursday opened two northbound lanes of Radial Road 10 (R-10) to traffic, between Pacheco and Zaragoza streets in Tondo, Manila. “(Motorists) now have access to an improved and…

MPIC starting Calax ahead of schedule

Infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. plans to start construction of the 45.5-kilometer Cavite Laguna Expressway ahead of schedule. According to an indicative timeline from Metro Pacific, the group plans to start building the toll road in…

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