Mark Villar touts benefits of Cavitex C5-Southlink
The construction of the 7.7-kilometer, six-lane C-5 South Link Expressway, which will connect C-5 Road to the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (Cavitex) is in full swing.
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and his officials have inspected the road construction at the CP Garcia Monument along C-5, a stone’s throw away from the Bicutan East Service Road.
“The benefits of this urgent infrastructure project will far outweigh the temporary inconvenience to the public during its construction. Upon completion, the toll road will speed up the commute of motorists and travelers from Parañaque, Las Piñas and Cavite, allowing them to directly cross over the South Luzon Expressway and Skyway into C-5 in Taguig City,” Villar said.
About 40,000 to 45,000 motorists are seen to benefit from the link that will also decongest EDSA, he said.
“We are all excited and proud that we have brought this project into construction stage. The first phase is 2.2 kilometers long, including a flyover above the South Luzon Expressway and skyway from C-5 Road, Taguig to Merville in Sucat, Parañaque,” Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. president J. Luigi Bautista said.
The expressway’s second phase, from Merville to Cavitex (Coastal Road), is estimated to cost P7.5 billion.
Villar said the project’s completion is expected in June 2019 and will be operated as an open toll collection system.
“The C5-Southlink will provide a seamless connection to the 45-kilometer Cavite-Laguna Expressway, which is under construction. We take pride in knowing that our organization contributes to the government’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ program under Secretary Villar’s leadership,” said Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) president Rodrigo Franco.
Aside from the Cavitex network of toll roads, the MPTC, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp., operates the North Luzon Expressway, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, and the soon-tobe built Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway.