Exec calls for solutions to traffic at NLEX

Officials led by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (4th, R), House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (6th,R), Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (2nd, R), Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (5th, R) and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Vivencio Dizon (7th, R) led the groundbreaking and time capsule for the new Clark terminal at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex in the Clark Freeport Zone along with (L-R) Tarlac Governor Susan Yap, Bulacan 2nd District Rep. Gavini Pancho, Rep. Federico Sandoval II of Malabon, Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, Jr., Sen. Pia Cayetano, Sen. JV Ejercito, Mabalacat Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, Rep. Emi Calixto-Rubiano of Pasay City, Sen. Richard Gordon, Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda and Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.—

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Laus Group of Companies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Levy P. Laus announced yesterday that expansion and development plans are now in the works to relieve the traffic situation along the sections of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) in Pampanga.

Laus, who is also chairman emeritus of the Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., made this announcement before media men during a Christmas gathering at the LausGroup Complex here, as local stakeholders are expecting the

heavy build up of traffic along Jose Abad Santos Avenue (JASa) here.

Laus, who is part of the NLEx board, said that the expansions were proposed for the approaches of the tollgates in San Fernando and Angeles City.

Proposed development works are also proposed for permanent U turn slots along the JASA approach of the NLEx as well as possible expansion works for the Mexico area.

“It is also expected that in the next ten years traffic along JASA will be heavy,” Laus said, adding that government planners are eyeing the construction of a highway from Santo Tomas to Lubao town that will connect to the NLEx.

This is expected to funnel out traffic along JASA towards the new highway. The new highway is expected to be just in time to address traffic influx in the coming years.

Development projects along the Telabastagan area and near the Capitol by big mall giants are also being monitored, according to Laus.