road projects

SMC starts SLEx extension to Lucena

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is starting work on a massive expressway that will cut travel time from Metro Manila to Lucena, the capital of Quezon in Southern Luzon. SMC, through South Luzon Tollway Corp., will hold…

Gov’t wants subway projects integrated

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has sought talks with the Makati City government to integrate underground train systems as a private sector offer to build a $3.7-billion (P200 billion) Makati subway project emerged. The Makati subway, proposed…

Coming soon: Solutions to Metro traffic

“Carpocalypse” and “Carmaggedon” describe our day-to-day horrendous traffic experience in Metro Manila. Endless debates and cursing but questions persist: Are solutions forthcoming? Are they doable? When? Last week, I asked a friend, a ranking official and old…

Brace for heavy traffic, QC motorists told

Starting today, Quezon City motorists should adjust by at least an hour their travel schedule as construction works begin on the North Avenue segment of the Metro Rail Transit 7 (MRT 7). Jojo Garcia, the Metropolitan Manila…

Brace for heavier traffic in Quezon City as infra works start

The Metro Rail Transit 7 (MRT 7) Project Traffic Management Task Force has advised motorists and commuters to brace for heavier traffic in areas near the rail system’s different construction sites starting today. Motorists should avoid North…

Angeles prepares for railway, Clark airport expansion

ANGELES CITY — Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has rolled out 14 road and bridge projects to help this city in Pampanga province cope with heavier traffic when the government completes the P211.43-billion Malolos-Clark Railway and P12.55-billion expanded Clark…

NEDA: Bulk of infra projects to be financed by local borrowings

MANILA — The government plans to source from domestic sources two-thirds of the financing for the massive infrastructure projects to be rolled out in the next six years, while state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority…

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…

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.…