road

700-m section of Laguna Lake Highway opened

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) opened on Tuesday an additional 700-meter section of the Laguna Lake Highway in Taguig City. The new section from Napindan to M.L. Quezon brings to 6.7 kilometers the total…

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,…

MMDA in talks to open Roxas Boulevard access road

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started discussions with commercial establishments that will be affected by its initiative to let all motorists use the access road on Roxas Boulevard to ease congestion in the area. MMDA…

Idea Hack to reduce road crashes

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and partner agencies are gathering Filipino developers, IT and digital media talents, and road safety enthusiasts in a national Road Safety Idea Hack, which also features workshops using traffic and road safety…

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…

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…

Elevated tollway expected to get govt approval

SAY WHAT you will about the unconventional ways of the Duterte administration, but at least one conglomerate is happy about how things are moving along. Six years after putting its proposal on the table, Metro Pacific Investment…

Basilan folk finally get their dream highway

IF Manilans complain about daily gridlock on Edsa, residents of Basilan, almost 1,500 kilometers to the south, are thankful for getting a simple, concrete road, something many people in the capital take for granted. When the Basilan…

All-new Toyota Innova first drive: a level-up leap

DON’T fix it if it ain’t broke, says the old adage. And old as it is, automotive leviathan Toyota seems to have never heard of it. …