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C5
 
PRIMER
 
WHAT
 
IS
 
THE
 
CIRCUMFERENTIAL
 
ROAD
 
(C5)
 
PROJECT?ANSWER:The
 
C5
 
Road
 
Project
 
is
 
a
 
project
 
of 
 
the
 
national
 
government
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
network
 
of 
 
roads
 
geared
 
at
 
helping
 
the
 
Filipino
 
commuters.
 
C5
 
Road
 
was
 
renamed
 
President
 
Carlos
 
P.
 
Garcia
 
Avenue
 
under
 
Republic
 
Act
 
No.
 
8224
 
which
 
was
 
passed
 
by
 
the
 
House
 
of 
 
Representatives
 
and
 
the
 
Senate
 
on
 
24
 
July
 
1996
 
and
 
30
 
September
 
1996,
 
respectively.
 
QUESTION:
 
The
 
alignment
 
of 
 
the
 
C5
 
Road
 
starts
 
at
 
the
 
 junction
 
of 
 
Letre
 
Road
 
and
 
Dagat
dagatan
 
in
 
Navotas
 
and
 
Malabon
 
and
 
will
 
pass
 
through
 
Valenzuela,
 
Quezon
 
City,
 
Pasig,
 
Makati,
 
Taguig,
 
Parañaque,
 
SLEX
 
&
 
Merville,
 
Las
 
Piñas
 
and
 
terminates
 
at
 
R1
 
(Manila
Cavite
 
Coastal
 
Road),
 
with
 
an
 
approximate
 
length
 
of 
 
51
 
kilometers.Construction
 
of 
 
the
 
C5
 
Road
 
started
 
in
 
1986.
 
Of 
 
the
 
entire
 
stretch,
 
32.5
 
kilometers
 
are
 
fully
 
developed,
 
covering
 
Malabon
 
and
 
Caloocan
 
going
 
all
 
the
 
way
 
to
 
Quezon
 
City
Taguig/Pateros.
 
Ongoing
 
construction
 
will
 
complete
 
the
 
Parañaque
Las
 
Piñas
Cavite
 
portion.The
 
C5
 
Road
 
Project
 
is
 
NOT
 
a
 
personal
 
project
 
of 
 
Senator
 
Manny
 
Villar.
 
He
 
is,
 
however,
 
an
 
ardent
 
supporter
 
of 
 
the
 
Project
 
considering
 
the
 
benefit
 
that
 
will
 
redound
 
not
 
only
 
to
 
his
 
constituents
 
in
 
Las
 
Pinas
 
City
 
but
 
to
 
the
 
millions
 
of 
 
people
 
that
 
will
 
be
 
able
 
to
 
utilize
 
the
 
said
 
road.

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