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The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will be extended by two kilometers, from Mindanao Avenue to Quirino Highway in Novaliches, Quezon City.
NLEX Corporation plans to start construction of the P2-billion expressway section in the second half of 2021.
The section is part of the 11.5-kilometer NLEX-C5 Link project spanning Mindanao Avenue, Quirino Highway, Regalado Avenue, Congressional Avenue, and CP Garcia Avenue in Quezon City.
The target completion date has yet to be announced.
NLEX Corporation president J. Luigi Bautista said in a statement on Sunday, June 27, that the section would be “welcome news for NLEX commuters who currently face daily traffic gridlock in the congested portions of Mindanao Avenue.”
“Eventually, this section will be integrated into the future NLEX expansion to C5/CP Garcia near Katipunan Avenue. We foresee an interconnected tollway network that will be accessible to the west, east, north, and south sides of Metro Manila,” Bautista added.
NLEX Corporation also said the project would benefit cargo trucks and other commercial vehicles as it would provide “an alternate route to the ports of Manila via NLEX Harbor Link all the way to the new Navotas Interchange along Mel Lopez Boulevard.”
The NLEX-C5 Link project as a whole is seen to cut travel time between Mindanao Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue from 45 minutes to 10 minutes.
NLEX Corporation is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corporation. – Rappler.com
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