MPTC unit to propose Cavitex extension
Credit to Author: LISBET K. ESMAEL| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 17:44:29 +0000
Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. (CIC) targets to submit this month a P30-billion proposal to build its alternative Segment 5, which includes a spur road linking Manila-Cavite Expressway (Cavitex) and the Sangley Airport.
The unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) plans to submit the offer to the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), CIC President Roberto V. Bontia said on the sidelines of the inspection of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway last week.
“We have to get PRA board’s approval first. After that, we will jointly submit it to the TRB [Toll Regulatory Board] for their approval,” he said.
The 22-kilometer alignment, which will be an extension of Cavitex, may cost P30 billion, exclusive of the
right-of-way acquisitions, Bontia said.
The executive said the development will run from Kawit to Noveleta, Noveleta to Sangley, and then Sangley to Tanza in Cavite.
Once CIC and PRA secure the green light, they hope to start the construction by “early 2021,” Bontia said.
Bontia said the construction going to the Sangley spur will be prioritized under the first phase, which is being eyed for completion by the second quarter of 2022.
The Department of Transportation is fast-tracking the development of the Sangley Airport as President Rodrigo Duterte wanted the air hub to be operational by November.
The Sangley Airport would be used for general aviation, freight turboprop operations, and commercial turboprop operations, the DOTr earlier said, to free up space in the terminal facilities of the congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport.