NLEX Corp. said Tuesday it is upgrading the roadway lights and signs at North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway to ensure better service for motorists.
“With over 1,000 brighter lights and more than 600 new signs for installation, we are aiming to clearly, directly, and safely guide motorists to their destinations,” said NLEX Corp. president and general manager J. Luigi Bautista.
“These continuing enhancement efforts also stemmed from the suggestions of our customers through various touchpoints such as stakeholder consultations, dialogues, fora, surveys, and social media,” he said.
Covering both the northbound and southbound directions of NLEX-SCTEX, the signage project involves the replacement of old and installation of additional road signs for improved visual navigation.
The signs were also upgraded to go beyond the standards by increasing the font and sign sizes and increasing reflectivity to remain highly visible during nighttime. Target completion of the project is May 2020.
NLEX Corp. is set to complete this month the replacement of 1,078 interchange and median LED lighting from NLEX Balintawak to Tabang.
Old lights in the expressway section would be replaced as their brightness had reduced over time. The tollway company also heightened the illumination or brightness level of the new lights to 20 lux from the previous 12 lux to help drivers become more aware of their surroundings.
“NLEX Corp. recognizes the importance of providing adequate lighting and appropriate road signs for safe and efficient expressway travel of our motorists,” Bautista said.
NLEX spans 95 kilometers, or 527-lane kilometers, and serves an average of more than 250,000 vehicles a day. It is the main infrastructure backbone that connects Metro Manila to Central and Northern Luzon.
SCTEx is a 94-km expressway stretching from Subic-Tipo to La Paz, Tarlac, connecting the special economic zones in Subic and Clark and Olongapo City to Tarlac City.