PAREX groundbreaking

San Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang (right), along with top government officials, leads the groundbreaking of the 19.37-kilometer Pasig River Expressway, touted to be the country’s first green, hybrid expressway. With Ang during the ceremony along Pasig River in Pandacan, Manila are (from left) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Public Works Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral. PAREX, a P95-billion investment by San Miguel, will be a six-lane elevated expressway that will run along the banks of the river, from Radial Road 10 in Manila to C-6 Road or the South East Metro Manila Expressway in Taguig City.