Monday, January 8, 2018

MM expressway Phase 1 completed by 2020

Citra Intercity Tollways Inc. (CITI), the joint venture between the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) and San Miguel Holding Corp. is set to start the construction of Metro Manila Expressway (MME) or Circumferential road 6 (C6) expressway  it targets to complete by 2020.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said the two are set to break ground today on the P45-billion Southeast Metro Manila expressway (SEMME), the first phase of the three-phased MME. 

The project will be completed in two years, DOTr said.

The SEMME is a 34-kilometer, six-lane expressway that starts in the south with a connection to the existing Skyway Stage 1 in FTI, Taguig City and terminates at Batasan Complex in Quezon City. This will eventually connect to the North Luzon Expressway  via Balagtas, Bulacan.

The project provides an alternate route linking the southern and eastern cities of Metro Manila.

The project is covered  by the Supplemental Toll Operations agreement (STOA) entered among the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) as the grantor, the PNCC, CITI as the investor and the Metro O&M Corp. as operator. 

MME phase 2  called East Metro Manila Expressway (EMME) is a 24.28-km. toll way with four lanes from San Mateo to City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan with estimated cost of P25 billion. 

The project is currently under evaluation.  

MME Phase 3 called North East Metro Manila Expressway (NEMME) is a 22-km tollway with four lanes from San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan to Meycauayan and Marilao towns  with estimated an cost of P20 billion. 

MME is part of P554-billion toll network projects of PNCC and San Miguel. The network is composed of six major toll road projects which will extend the expressway up to Sorsogon, Bicol.

The expanded road network will include the extension of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 project and the Metro Manila Expressway, or C6/Skyway Stage 4.

The projects include San Pedro-C6 Laguna Lake Road extending the South Luzon expressway (SLEX) from City of San Pedro, Metro Manila passing along the shores of Laguna Lake and ending at C6 in Taguig; Tanauan-Tagaytay Expressway or Sky 8; toll road (TR) 5 extending the SLEX from the end of TR4 in Pagbilao, Quezon to Matnog, Sorsogon; Sky 7 (connecting Taguig to Commonwealth avenue in Quezon City); Buendia Interchange and Ramp Extension to Macapagal boulevard and Sky 9 (Pasig River alignment) including ramps to Buendia, Pioneer and Bonifacio Global City.

San Miguel and PNCC are joint venture partners in Citra Central Expressway Corp. and CITI, the concession companies of Skyway Stages 3 and 4, respectively.

 Through its legislative franchise, PNCC has the authority to construct, maintain and operate the SLEX and Skyway Stages 1, 2, 3 as well as all extensions, linkages or stretches from any part of the existing toll roads.

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