The Department of Public Works and Highways will partially open the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge which is a major component of the BGC-Ortigas Road Link Project after the Holy Week.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the Sta Monica-Lawton Bridge, the superstructure that will connect across Pasig River the Lawton Avenue in Makati City and Sta. Monica Street in Pasig City, is already finished.
“With a few more needed finishing works, we’re very excited to partially open a new connectivity between Bonifacio Global City and Ortigas business districts to the public this coming month of May,” Villar said.
DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office Operations Emil K. Sadain said other than the finishing touches at the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge whose center main span was built of segmental box girder thru balanced cantilever construction method, the department is also undertaking works for the rehabilitation and widening of Brixton Street to Fairlane Street.
The four-lane two-way bridge was recently inspected by Sadain together with UPMO Roads Management Cluster 1 Project Director Virgilio C. Castillo, Project Managers Benjamin A. Bautista and Ricarte S. Manalac, and Reynaldo S.L. Perez of Persan Construction.
Also part of the project that will traverse Lawton Avenue to the entrance of BGC is the construction of Lawton Avenue – Global City Viaduct with on-going preparation for bored piling at BGC and road widening at 8th Avenue.
The 1.367 kilometer Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link Road Project is part of the Metro Manila Logistics Network which will cut to 12 minutes the one-hour-long drive between the BGC and Ortigas business districts.
The entire project which will improve accessibility between the cities of Pasig, Mandaluyong, Taguig and Makati and alleviate traffic congestion at EDSA and C-5 is targeted for full completion by September 2021.
