Aquino okays NLEX-SLEX link

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The infrastructure project that President Benigno Aquino III said he wanted completed before he steps down in 2016 will finally get going. He gave his nod on two road projects that will link the expressways north and south of Metro Manila, paving the way for the start of construction. Conditionally approved in November 2012, the P25.55-billion NLEX-SLEX Connector Road project hit a snag over cost issues. The common alignment road, a 5-kilometer stretch shared by the two connector roads, will be funded by government. Previously, the two contractors which operate the expressways – San Miguel Corp and Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp, and rival Metro Pacific Tollways Corp – came up with separate connector road proposals. The connector roads are expected to cut travel time between NLEX and SLEX to 20 minutes, an improvement compared to the current 60 minutes. Road construction starts this January.

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