BOCAUE, BULACAN—Motorists heading to and leaving Metro Manila for northern Luzon on Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day, won’t be bothered by long queues anymore. The North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) opened on Tuesday eight more toll booths and…
DESPITE having shelled out some P20 billion to build the Naia Expressway—including a jaw-dropping P11-billion bid premium that topped the P305-million offer of its bid rival, Metro Pacific Investments Corp.—San Miguel Corp. kept a relatively low profile…
Access to Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) just got a little easier. Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) opened on Thursday the initial section of a toll road seeking to cut the notorious congestion around the Naia…
STARTING on Nov. 15, all trucks will be banned from using Metro Manila’s Skyway in an effort to improve road safety and speed up the flow of traffic on the elevated toll road and the soon-to-open Naia…
MANILA, Philippines — Motorists may get some relief from the usual traffic headache en route the Manila airport as government opens the first phase of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway (Naiax) on Sept. 22, with the toll…
CONGLOMERATE San Miguel Corp. is keen on scaling up its stake in Caticlan—the gateway to Boracay Island—by building a game-changing 1.9-kilometer toll bridge that will connect the world-famous beach community to the mainland. In an interview with…
THEY say a deal isn’t sealed until the ink is dry. Well, in the case of Friday’s joint-venture contract signing for the Cebu-Cordova toll bridge project, there was some concern that the ink would not make contact…
MALAYSIAN conglomerate MTD Group is considering challenging the Philippine infrastructure unit of Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. for the right to build an elevated connector road project linking the North Luzon Expressway and South Luzon Expressway.…
DAGUPAN CITY—Days after he inaugurated the integration of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), Senate President Franklin Drilon urged highway operators to also merge the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) with the two expressways.…
Operators of the Skyway System, South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) and Star Tollway are ready for the big number of motorists expected to leave Metro Manila for the Holy Week break. Skyway O&M Corp. (SOMCO), Manila Toll Expressway…
