San Miguel Corp. said over the weekend the installation of a temporary steel on-ramp to connect the Alabang viaduct to the Skyway would significantly improve traffic flow on the South Luzon Expressway, along with the ongoing construction of the Skyway Extension project.
The ramp ,which will have two lanes and operational by December 1, 2019, will expand the northbound section of SLEX in Alabang from three to five lanes.
“The limitations in the original design of the SLEX is that it has five lanes coming from Susana Heights heading to Alabang. However, this narrows to four lanes at the Alabang viaduct and connects with the Skyway at-grade that has only three lanes. This is the main reason why Alabang has always been a chokepoint for traffic,” said San Miguel president Ramon S. Ang.
“This is the main reason why we are building the Skyway extension. We want to make the northbound and southbound sections five lanes each all throughout,” he added.