NLEX Corp. said Thursday it expects to complete the construction of the P10.5-billion North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10 by the end of the year.
“Our team has been working double-time to complete the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 as scheduled. We are confident that our government partners will help us realize soon our vision of providing fast and safe travel experience to the public through this project,” NLEX senior vice president for tollway development and engineering Raul Ignacio said.
NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 is an 8.25-km elevated expressway traversing the North Luzon Expressway from Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and Caloocan City and extending to Radial Road 10, Navotas City. Including the extension to R10, the total project cost is P16.5 billion.
The operator of NLEX said the right-of-way accomplishments by the Public Works Department for the project stood at 95 percent.
The available ROW was 96-percent delivered in Valenzuela City and 86 percent in Caloocan City.
“We are committed to deliver the remaining right-of-way so we can finish this important infrastructure that will decongest traffic in Manila as soon as possible,” Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said.
The NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, which is included in the government’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ infrastructure program, is envisioned to ease traffic congestion especially along the western Metro Manila road corridor.
The elevated expressway will reduce the travel time from NLEX Valenzuela City to R10 from 23 minutes to just 11 minutes via Balintawak-Edsa Monumento, and from 26 minutes to just 13 minutes via Balintawak to A. Bonifacio/C3Road.
This will make it possible for cargo trucks to improve their turnaround time for delivery of goods.
Meanwhile, construction work continues on the C3-R10 section of the NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 with the foundations of the elevated road now in place at the site of the future NLEX Caloocan Interchange.