The government’s two major infrastructure projects will not be completed on schedule, particularly the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Elevated Expressway, which the government hopes to finish ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ Summit, and the Skyway Stage 3, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said.
MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said he met with the contractor, D.M. Consunji, Inc., about the status of the road construction projects amid the worsening traffic problems in the bustling metropolis.
“The NAIA elevated expressway will be delayed for five months. It will not make for APEC Summit as they will finish the project in April 2016,” Tolentino said.
Originally, the NAIA project is expected to be completed in October, one month ahead of APEC Summit to be attended by thousands of several heads of states that will visit the country.
It involves the construction of an elevated expressway that will provide access to NAIA terminals 1, 2 and 3 via a link to the Skyway toll road.
DMCI officials told Tolentino they are still trying to resolve some right of way issues.
“The firm is also facing problems on congested drainages near the Park and Fly that cause flooding. The officials committed to help declog the drainages off debris,” said Tolentino.
Also, the Metro Manila Skyway 3 project will not be ready by December 2017 and likely to be completed by April 2018.
“The officials were explaining about the need to construct a ramp downward Buendia-Skyway to transfer a drainage system and a platform of the Philippine National Railways. Their construction would take three months,” said Tolentino.
This early, Tolentino is warning the public that these minor constructions will cause traffic gridlock on both stretch of Osmena Highway, Araneta Avenue in Quezon City and nearby areas as lanes will be closed.
To inform the public ahead of time, Tolentino also asked the DMCI to designate a spokesperson who will explain to the public about these delays.
The P26.7 billion Skyway Stage 3 Project involves the construction of a 14.8-kilometer, six-lane elevated expressway that will connect the end of the Skyway in Buendia to Balintawak.
Both are the Aquino administration’s first two toll road public-private partnership (PPP) projects meant to help ease traffic in Metro Manila.
“Because of these delays, we will not be able to use the roads. There is congestion because of these infrastructure projects,” said Tolentino.
Another DMCI project, the extension project for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 2, which is supposed to starts its construction on September 27 was also put on hold.
Tolentino said the contractor has yet to put up a temporary traffic signal on Marcos Highway before going full blast in its construction.
A dry run of the LRT2 project traffic management plan is set on September 28.
Under the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) project, two new stations – 4 kilometers – will be added to the LRT-2 as it will extend its line from Santolan in Pasig to Masinag in Antipolo.
Once construction is in full swing, the entire 3.9-kilometer stretch will have reduced lanes for traffic – existing five lanes per direction will be down to four lanes each, as the innermost lanes of both directions will be closed.
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