Motorists to pay toll starting Oct 24 when using Cavitex-C5 link

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has approved the collection of a provisional initial toll from motorists using the CavitexC5 Link Expressway starting October 24, 2019.

Class 1 vehicles (cars) will have to pay 122, class 2 vehicles (mini vans and buses) will pay 144, and 166 for class 3 vehicles (large truck and trailers).

The first 2.2 kilometer of Cavitex-C5 Link Expressway opened on July 22, 2019. Since its opening, it has served its target daily vehicle volume of 8,000

and helped decongest major chokepoints during peak hours in Sales interchange near Villamor Airbase, SLEX, East and West Service Roads, and EDSA.

“TRB’s approval to collect toll will help us in the operations and maintenance of the 2.2-kilometers now being used by motorists,” according to CIC president Bobby Bontia. “We will continue to work on the next 5.5 kilometers of the Cavitex-C5 Link starting this November. A better and more efficient road network awaits motorists and residents of neighboring cities when the full 7.7-kilometer C5 Link Expressway is completed.”

The entire alignment will serve 50,000 vehicles daily, allowing motorists to travel with ease along the south corridor of the Metro Manila from Cavitex Paranaque Toll Plaza, Las Piñas, Pasay up to C5 in Taguig City in under ten minutes.

The TRB also approved the Petition for the Add-on Agreed Toll Rate for Phase 1 of Segment 1 (R1 Expressway) Enhancement of the Manila Cavite Expressway Project which the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and the Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC) filed jointly.

This means that on October 24, 2019, the expressway operator can start collecting the add-on toll rates of 125, 150 and 175 for Vehicle Class 1, 2 and 3, respectively.

“Cavitex has heavily invested to improve and enhance the services to its motorists, so this is a very important development for us,” according to Bontia.

The existing toll at the Cavitex is 124 for the seven-kilometer stretch for

class 1 vehicles, 148 for class 2 and 172 for class 3.

“CIC has been investing on the upkeep and improvement of Cavitex to prevent deterioration of the expressway and maintain its high-quality standards since we started our operations,” Bontia pointed out. “Our holding company, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) has taken over the CIC concession in 2013 and immediately a year after, undertook a road resurfacing project for the R1 segment to give motorists a better experience,” he added.

CIC continues to work on a 11.1billion enhancement of the Cavitex, phase 1 of which is the 1800-million widening of lanes and construction of a left-turn facility at the Marina flyover which opened last December 2018; and construction is ongoing for phase 2 – the 1300-million widening of bridges in Wawa, Las Piñas and Parañaque expected to be finished by May, 2020.