NLEX Corp. completed over 20 projects in both North Luzon Expressway and Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway aimed at decongesting traffic and enhancing services to motorists.
“2018 was a productive year for us as we were able to build more roads that helped us provide travel convenience and establish stronger relationships with our stakeholders,” said Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. president and chief executive Rodrigo Franco.
MPTC is the holding company of NLEX and SCTEX.
Franco said among the notable NLEX-SCTEX projects accomplished in 2018 were the new Mabiga Interchange, Sta. Ines-Magalang Exit and the additional lane in San Fernando Northbound Exit.
NLEX Corp. has made Mabiga into a full diamond interchange by building new access ramps with entry and exit toll plazas, and constructed the Sta.Ines-Magalang Exit to provide direct access to local roads in Magalang, Pampanga. It also added one lane at the San Fernando Northbound Exit, which has since prevented traffic bottlenecks especially during rush hours.
A new pedestrian and tricycle overpass in Mapulang Lupa was built to ease mounting traffic issues at the Valenzuela Interchange and improve mobility of commuters coming to and from barangays Paso de Blas and Mapulang Lupa.
To mitigate flooding along the roadway, drainage enhancements were undertaken in Balintawak and Meycauayan. Overpasses, interchange bridges in Sta. Rita and San Simon, including the Candaba Viaduct, were repaired to boost motorists’ safety.
The tollway company augmented SCTEx with more features such as LED lights, variable message signs, emergency call boxes, impact attenuators or crash cushions and reflective delineator plates for motorists’ protection and guidance.
The Mindanao Avenue, which has grown to be a busy thoroughfare and has provided motorists a convenient alternative entry and exit to NLEX, was equipped with three new traffic lights to accommodate left-turning vehicles from NLEX going to Valenzuela and provide safer travel to those bound for the service roads, especially during nighttime.