Four consortiums submit offers for P35B CALAX project

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All four groups that had earlier expressed interest in the proposed Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) submitted their respective technical offers for the P35.4-billion project to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The four bidders are MPCALA Holdings of Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corp.; Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc.; Team Orion of Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Group; and Alloy MTD Philippines.

The DPWH’s third public-private partnership infrastructure project involves the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of a four-lane, 47-kilometer closed-system toll expressway connecting the Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX).

The project will start at the CAVITEX in Kawit, Cavite and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan, Laguna.

There will be interchanges in nine locations, namely Kawit, Daang Hari, Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Boulevard, Technopark, and a toll barrier before SLEX.

Upon completion, the CALAX is envisioned to decongest traffic along the Cavite-Laguna road network, reducing the travel time to and from Metro Manila.

Other DPWH PPP projects are the Daang Hari-SLEX that was awarded to the Ayala group, and the NAIA Expressway, which was won by Optimal Infrastructure.