Bon, Victor III F.

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CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING FIELD

1. NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10

A priority project under the Build Build Build program, the North Luzon
Expressway (NLEX) Harbor Link Segment 10 connects the MacArthur Highway
in Valenzuela City to the C-3 Road in Caloocan City. The six-lane, 5.58-km
elevated expressway will benefit 30,000 to 50,000 motorists daily.
Construction of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 up to C-3 will finish this year.

Benefits of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10:

 Reduced traffic on Metro Manila roads (especially EDSA, C-5, and

Balintawak Toll Plaza) through direct access to NLEX
 Shorter travel time from Valenzuela City to Caloocan City from over 1 hour
to just 5 minutes
 Shorter travel time between NLEX Valenzuela and R-10 from 23 minutes
to 11 minutes (via Balintawak-EDSA Monumento) and from 26 minutes to
13 minutes (via Balintawak-A. Bonifacio/C-3)
 Faster cargo movement of delivery trucks to and from the Port of Manila
through direct connection between R-10 and NLEX
 2. Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITx)

The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITx), formerly called Southwest

Integrated Transport System (SWITS), is a public transport terminal
in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines that opened on November 5, 2018. PITx
is built and operated by Megawide Construction Corporation and the Department
of Transportation (DOTr) under the Philippine government's Public-Private
Partnership program. It will replace the older Southwest Integrated Transport
Terminal (SITT) initially located at the derelict Uniwide Coastal Mall, which was
transferred to HK Plaza in Bay City, Pasay as the Southwest Interim Provincial
Terminal (SWIPTS).
PITx serves as a hub for buses, jeepneys,[9][10][11]and other public utility
vehicles headed for areas south of Metro Manila, including the provinces
of Cavite and Batangas, and vice versa. It is projected to accommodate around
200,000 passengers. The terminal is also planned to connect with the Asia World
station of the proposed Line 1 Cavite extension.
The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange is located on a 4.5-hectare (11-
acre) site in AsiaWorld, a subdistrict of Bay City in Don Galo, Parañaque. It is
situated near the north end of the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx) just
off Macapagal Boulevard and a couple of blocks south of NAIA Road adjacent to
the former Uniwide Sales Coastal Mall. Nearby landmarks include the Marina
Bay Town and the integrated resorts of Entertainment City, including Okada
Manila, City of Dreams Manila and Solaire Resort & Casino.
 3. Cavite-Laguna Expressway

The Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAEx, formerly and occasionally referred to

as CALAX) is an under-construction expressway, whose alignment is situated in
the provinces of Cavite and Laguna in the Philippines. The construction of the
four-lane 47-kilometre-long (29 mi) expressway will connect CAVITEx in Kawit,
Cavite to SLEx–Mamplasan Interchange and will cost an estimated ₱35.42 billion
or US$787 million. When constructed, it is expected to ease the traffic in the
Cavite–Laguna region, particularly in Aguinaldo Highway, Tagaytay–Santa Rosa
Road and Governor's Drive.
Groundbreaking of the project occurred in June 19, 2017, and right-or-way
acquisition is continuing as of October 2017. According to a statement by
MPCALA Holdings President Luigi Bautista, construction of the Cavite portion of
the expressway was expected to begin in April 2018. The groundbreaking
ceremony for the Cavite segment was eventually held in March 2019. Meanwhile,
the Department of Public Works and Highways, headed by Secretary Mark Villar,
expected the Laguna segment to be finished by December 2018. Currently, both
segments are undergoing construction and are expected to be completed by
2022, according to Villar in another statement.
 4. Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway

The Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway, more commonly known as MCX and

formerly as Daang Hari–SLEx Link Expressway, is a 4-kilometer (2.5 mi) long
access-controlled toll expressway linking the southern province
of Cavite to Muntinlupa in the Philippines. It is currently the shortest expressway
in the Philippines. It is owned by the Department of Public Works and
Highways and operated by AC Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary
of Ayala Corporation.
At the east end, it feeds into and from the South Luzon Expressway in the city
of Muntinlupa in Metro Manila. At the west end, it feeds into the junction of Daang
Hari Road and Daang Reyna Road near the city's borders with Las
Piñas and Bacoor.
The expressway was opened to traffic on July 24, 2015. The expressway is
designated as a spur component of Expressway 2(E2) of the Philippine
expressway network.
Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway acts as a connector between Daang
Hari and South Luzon Expressway. The expressway passes near the vicinity
of New Bilibid Prisons and Southville 2A, one of the relocation areas of squatters
who once lived beside the Philippine National Railways lines.