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CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension is 95% complete
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Also known as Segment 3A2, the near-completed CAVITEX C5 flyover extension spans 1.6 km from Merville to E. Rodriguez Avenue in Paranaque City
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At present, the 2.2 km stretch of CAVITEX C5 Link flyover is operational
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Traffic management plan for the area will entail the transfer of the Merville entry and exit ramp fronting Shell C5 Southlink for better traffic flow
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Construction of Segment 2 (CAVITEX R1 Expressway to Sucat Interchange) is over 30% complete
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Target completion for the entire 7.7 km-CAVITEX C5 Link project is in 2023
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Free RFID installation and reloading services are made available for all motorists traveling via CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link
The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and its technical team, the grantor of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP), inspected the progress of the CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension that has reached more than 95% completion on June 9.
An inspection team led by TRB executive director Atty. Alvin A. Carullo, together with Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) representatives checked on the progress of the 1.6 km flyover extension (Segment 3A2: Merville to E. Rodriguez Ave.) in Paranaque City that will soon connect to the operational 2.2km CAVITEX C5 Link flyover.
CIC and joint venture partner, the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), oversee the CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension project which intends to provide convenient access for motorists bound for SLEX/C5 from Merville and vice versa.
“We are pleased to see the progress of the CAVITEX C5 Link. We look forward to it serving an estimated 15,000 motorists, helping lessen their travel time from SLEX to Pasay, Taguig and Paranaque, thereby helping decongest some of our local roads,” said Carullo in a statement.
Also discussed during the inspection is the traffic management plan for the area once the extension opens. This entails transferring of the Merville entry and exit ramp to in front of Shell C5 Southlink for better traffic flow. Traffic signalization and signages will be installed in coordination with the local authorities to help manage traffic for motorists bound for the expressway, and those that will use the service road.
Meanwhile, construction for its other segment, Segment 2 (CAVITEX R1 Expressway to Sucat Interchange) has reached over 30% completion. Once this segment connects CAVITEX to its Sucat Interchange, motorist travel time between the two areas will be reduced by as much as thirty minutes, bypassing traffic from Sucat Road and Quirino Avenue.
Once the entire CAVITEX C5 Link project is completed in 2023, the 7.7 km expressway will benefit more than 50,000 motorists. It will reduce travel time from CAVITEX to Makati, Taguig, and Pasay in under forty-five minutes while helping decongest EDSA, MIA Road., Roxas Boulevard and other major thoroughfares.
Free RFID installation and reloading services are made available for all motorists traveling via CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link at the CAVITEX C5 Link Customer Service Center. Other installations and reloading sites outside of the expressways are made available at the center as well.
“With CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension opening soon, we urge our motorists to have an Easytrip RFID installed and use it when traveling through our expressways, such as CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link for seamless travel, and avoiding long queues at the cash lanes,” appealed CIC president and general manager Raul L. Ignacio.
CIC, the concessionaire of CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link, is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), the toll road development arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Aside from CAVITEX and CAVITEX C5 Link, MPTC also holds concession rights for Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), the Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the NLEX Connector Road, and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu.
