BALAGTAS, Bulacan — The rehabilitation of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) is set to be completed by September of this year, a few months before the holiday season.
According to NLEX Corporation president Luigi Bautista, these rehabilitation projects include the roads, bridges, exit and entry points of the said expressways.
He added that the rehabilitation will include the Bulacan part of the NLEX such as the Mabiga in Plaridel, Tabang Toll Plaza in Guiguinto, southbound lane from Tabang spur exit ramp up to the Barangay Burol 2 in Balagtas, and the entry and exit ramps at the Bocaue Toll Plaza.
Bautista said that the priority in Pampanga part of the NLEX is the completion of the high level of roads in Tulaoc, San Simon. The area has been a catch basin for flood waters during last year’s rainy season.
En route to Subic Freeport, the company is rehabilitating the Manuali, Porac part of the SCTEX, while going to Tarlac, the areas of Old San Jose, San Tamon and Pagalanggang in Dinalupihan, Bataan; Dampe in Floridablanca, Pampanga; and Margot in Angeles City are being rehabilitated.
Also included in the rehabilitation is the maintenance of the quality of asphalt in the opposing lanes of the North Harbor Link at NLEX.
The NLEX Corporation personally supervised the asphalt patching, rotomilling, and asphalt overlay of the new asphalt that will become the road surface.