Cavitex C5 Link Flyover is now Open

Cavitex C5 Link Flyover now open Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the opening of the first section of the Cavitex C5 Southlink – the 2.2-kilometer flyover crossing South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) traversing Taguig and Pasay City.

“We are supportive of road engineering solutions For everyday problems. This is a vital project that will cut travel time in half from the usual 1.5 hours (spent to cross From Villamor Arbase, Pasay area to Taguig City With 3 lanes in each direction of this Flyover, passage of the unticipated 8,000 vehicles Will be eased when they use the flyover starting 8 00PM sharp tonight ‘ announced Secretory Villar. T

The P1.6-billlon C5 Link Flyover is now accessible to vehicles plying between Fort Bonifacio, C P. Garcia (C5), Tcguig City, Paranaque City, Las Pinas City and Pasay City. The alignment features the bridge that crosses Metro Manila Skyway (at-grade) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). The C5 Link flyover is expected to reduce vehicular traffic in Sales interchange near Villamor Airbase. The flyover is also expected to decongest SLEX East and West Service Roads and EDSA

This is the second public-private partnership with Metro Pacific Tollway: Corporation to open this year Following the successful completion of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 in February 2019.

PRA General Manager Janilo Rubiato also announced his support on the completion of the project “As grantee of the franchise to operate the Manila Cavite Toll Expressway Proiect (MC’TEP), the PRA will continue to contribute to PResident Dutertc’s aggressive infrastructure initiatives and the expansion programs 0f its joint venture partner CIC.”

A promise of a better and more efficient road network awaits motorista and residents ot neighbouring cities when the 7.7~ kilometer C5 Link Expressway comes to its full completron.

CIC President Roberta C. Bontia foresees Cavitex C5 Link Expressway to be the choice thoroughfare for about 50,000 vehicles daily as customers experience the ease of travelling south ol the Metro Manila from Paranaque Toll Plaza to C5 in  Taguig City in under ten minutes

”We take small but sure steps at ct time, today we open our “flyover, the construction of the next 2.1 Km section between Merville and Sucat, Las Pinas City will soon start, and eventually connect to the PAranaque side at Cavitex by 2027 ”

On the matter of day to day operations, “We would like to let our motorists know that our toll, safety and truth: operations are primed, we guarantee to give them best customer service as we always do in CAVITEX, NLEX and SCTEX.“ underscore Bontia.

Aside from the Cavitex and Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) network in the south of Manila, MPTC’s portfolio includes the concessions tor the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), the Subic Clark TArlac Expressway (SCTEX), the NLEX Connector Road, and the Cabu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu.