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![FALSE: Photos of Metro Cebu Expressway construction](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/2020/08/fact-check-carousel-sq-MCE-construction-1.jpg)
Claim:
Photos being circulated on Facebook are supposedly those of the proposed Metro Cebu Expressway project, currently “under construction.”
On August 18, Facebook page I AM A CEBUANO posted a photo of a road with the caption, “UNDER CONSTRUCTION: the 74-kilometer Metro Cebu Expressway, connecting Danao City to the Naga-Toledo road.”
A number of Facebook pages and accounts posted this same claim but used other photos.
![Screenshot of false MCE construction photos](https://assets2.rappler.com/2020/08/1598342377-fact-check-full-post-MCE-construction-1.jpg)
Posts containing this claim were flagged by Facebook Claim Check and were spotted via social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle. A reader also sent this claim to Rappler for verification.
Rating: FALSE
The facts:
The photos these pages used were not taken in Cebu. They were taken in Japan and Kosovo.
A reverse image search showed that the photo posted by I AM A CEBUANO is that of the Shin-Tōmei Expressway in Japan, and was sourced from Wikimedia Commons. The description read, “Fuji Viaduct of Shin-Tōmei Expressway in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture.”
In the other photoset, at least 5 photos contained a logo that read, “Bujar Gashi Photography.” Facebook page Explore Kosovo – with Bujar Gashi posted these photos in June 2019, depicting a motorway in Kosovo.
One caption said it is the new highway to North Macedonia.
In January 2020, SunStar Cebu reported that only 60% of the 2018 project component and less than 10% of the 2019 project component of the Metro Cebu Expressway’s third segment has been completed. – Loreben Tuquero/Rappler.com
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