CAVITEX Infrastructure Corp. (CIC), operator of the Manila-Cavite Expressway (Cavitex), is set to break ground today, Friday, for the two new segments of the Cavitex C5 Link Expressway.
CIC and its joint venture partner for the P8.8-billion project, the Philippine Reclamation Authority, have signed a contract with A.M. Oreta & Co., Inc. and China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. for the construction of Segment 2 and Segment 3A-2 of the Cavitex C5 Link Expressway, the Metro Pacific tollway firm said in a statement e-mailed to reporters on Thursday.
Targeted for completion in 2022, the two new road segments are “expected to reduce travel time to Makati and Taguig cities from Parañaque City, Las Piñas City, and Cavite Province by 30 minutes,” it said.
The 7.70-kilometer Cavitex-C5 Link Expressway is a dual three-lane expressway from R-1 Parañaque Toll Plaza to C-5 Road in Taguig, CIC added.
The 1.9-kilometer Segment 2 will run from R-1 Expressway to Sucat Interchange, while the 1.6-kilometer Segment 3A-2 will run from Merville to RSG Subdivision in Parañaque.
Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A Villar was quoted as saying in the statement: “These projects will decongest EDSA and Sales Road in Pasay City by about 50,000 vehicles per day, and connect major business districts in Taguig and Makati to Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Cavite.”
He said the continuing infrastructure activities “will help spur economic growth to get us back on track from the effects of the pandemic.”
CIC is under Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., the tollway unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). MPIC is one of three Philippine units of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., others being PLDT Inc. and Philex Mining Corp.
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