The Department of Public Works and Highways completed the arterial road bypass connecting the North Luzon Expressway to the Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway in Bulacan.
The second phase of the arterial road bypass project, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is a cooperation between the JICA and the DPWH. It opened recently ahead of its original schedule, and is expected to reduce travel time from Manila to Bulacan by 45 to 50 minutes.
With the completion of the two-lane 24.61km arterial road bypass, about 15,000 of the vehicles traversing the Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway can be diverted to the bypass road, further reducing traffic by 40 percent.
“This project will help promote seamless mobility of goods and people coming from the provinces in the north and central Luzon to Metro Manila, while helping spread economic opportunities to nearby growth centers,” JICA senior representative Tetsuya Yamada said.