‘Northbound lane of Skyway extension to open soon’

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said on Wednesday that the northbound lane of the Skyway extension Project is “now structurally complete,” with asphalt-laying set to be done by the end of this month.

ramon S. ang, the company’s president, said with this development the group will “soon” open the northbound section of the Skyway extension to traffic.

“i’m happy to announce that soon, we can open the northbound section of the Skyway extension for our motorists coming from the south. this almost fourkilometer, three-lane expansion will have an additional capacity of 4,500 vehicles per hour, significantly easing congestion and allowing motorists to bypass the alabang viaduct,” he said.

Motorists coming from the South Luzon expressway (Slex) or the Muntinlupa-cavite expressway (MCX) can use the ramp at Susana heights, and directly go to Makati, Manila, Skyway 3, all the way to Quezon City and north Luzon expressway (nlex).

“You can be at nlex in 25-30 minutes instead of two to three hours, and bypass the usual traffic choke points such as alabang, Magallanes, edsa. this will be a big relief to so many motorists and will do a lot to ease traffic in southern Metro Manila, including on public roads leading to nlex and Skyway,” ang said.

the 3.99-kilometer northbound section of the Skyway extension runs from Susana heights to Sucat. it aims to decongest the at-grade sections of the Slex and Skyway System.