Infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. is proposing another massive north-to-south Metro Manila expressway that it hopes will help combat worsening road congestion in the coming years. The project, estimated to cost P62.4 billion, is called the…
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has submitted to the Duterte administration a P27-billion unsolicited proposal to build an alternative tollroad that will link Tagaytay to Metro Manila via Cavite and Batangas. The proposed 29-kilometer tollroad called Tanauan-Tagaytay Expressway…
Many Metro Manila motorists would readily agree that the Naia Expressway Phase II public private partnership project is a godsend. So it was with great pride that San Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang formally inaugurated the 7.7-kilometer…
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) officially inaugurated its Naia Expressway (NAIAEx) project late Thursday evening, following the opening of additional access points. The 7.7-kilometer project, among the successful public private partnership contracts bid out during the Aquino…
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,…
The Ayala and SM conglomerates have teamed up to submit a P25-billion unsolicited proposal to build an 8.6-kilometer elevated tollroad that will link Sta. Mesa, Manila to the Mall of Asia complex. The proposed tollroad “C3 Elevated…
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…
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…
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…
As the actual Christmas holidays draw near, the discussion—apart from all that Yuletide cheer—invariably leads to Metro Manila’s traffic headache. Those fortunate enough to travel by plane, and basically anyone who transits around the Ninoy Aquino International…
