Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. said it is on track to complete the P12.64 billion Cavitex C5 Link project by next year.
CIC officials and the Toll Regulatory Board earlier this week inspected the progress of the 1.6-kilometer flyover extension that will soon connect to the operational 2.2-km Cavitex C5 Link flyover, providing convenient access for motorists bound to SLEX/C5 from Merville and vice versa.
The segment as of today has achieved more than 95-percent completion.
“We are pleased to see the progress of the Cavitex C5 Link. We look forward to it serving an estimated 15,000 motorists, helping lessen their travel time from SLEX to Pasay, Taguig and Parañaque, thereby helping decongest some of our local roads” said TRB executive director Alvin Carullo.
Meanwhile, construction of its other segment, Segment 2 Cavitex R1 Expressway to Sucat Interchange) is in full swing having reached more than 30-percent completion.
Once the segment connects CAVITEX to its Sucat Interchange, motorist travel time between the two areas will be reduced by as much as 30 minutes, bypassing traffic from Sucat Road and Quirino Avenue.
“With CAVITEX C5 Link flyover extension opening soon, we urge our motorists to have an Easytrip RFID installed and use it when traveling through our expressways, such as Cavitex and Cavitex C5 Link for seamless travel, and avoiding long queues at the cash lanes,” said CIC president and general manager Raul Ignacio.
Once the entire Cavitex C5 Link project is completed in 2023, the 7.7-km expressway will benefit more than 50,000 motorists.
It will reduce travel time from Cavitex to Makati, Taguig, and Pasay in under 45 minutes, while helping decongest EDSA, MIA Road., Roxas Boulevard and other major thoroughfares.
CIC, the concessionaire of Cavitex and Cavitex C5 Link, is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), the toll road development arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Aside from Cavitex and Cavitex C5 Link, MPTC holds the concession rights for Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), the Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the NLEX Connector Road, and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Cebu.