ah, nga pala.. pinatubo is in Zambales.. this mountain is in the right side pala when heading to baguio.. :)

SCTEX extension to eastern seaboard provinces sought
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
July 18, 2009, 7:09pm

The government is urged to fast track the planned extension of the SCTEX to the eastern seaboard provinces because the poor road network has kept these parts of the country one of the country’s poorest.

This was pushed by Aurora province lone district representative Juan Edgardo Angara during the press launch for the Aurora province as this year’s host of the Mutya ng Pilipinas beauty pageant, which the local government hopes to attract more tourists for their eco-tourism kind of development.

“We should implement this project as soon as possible,” Angara told reporters.

Angara observed that the provinces that have suffered and still suffering from severe poverty are those in the eastern part like Aurora, Isabela, Quezon, Nueva Ecija, and Viscaya. He blamed this situation to the lack of infrastructure that would have opened the economic activities of these provinces.

Access to these remote provinces has not been addressed. Aurora with its nature-tourism has remained hardly inaccessible. It has no developed seaport although a RORO port is being constructed now. There is no regular flight to Baler, the capital of Aurora, except for the chartered flights of Sea Air.

Travel by land is recommended only by bus, vans or sports utility vehicles because the long stretch of rough roads could not tolerate small cars. Travel time is six hours by bus and an hour by plane.

Angara said the extension of the SCTEX from La Paz, Tarlac to Aurora province has long been in the plans of the Department of Public Works and Highway. The extension of the SCTEX could mean the construction of at least 100 kilometers more.

With the poor road network to access the eastern seaboard provinces, Angara said Aurora and the other provinces have been left behind in the development.

The Aurora province, which is hosting the Mutya ng Pilipinas, has only hotel rooms enough for the Mutya delegates almost 300 contingent.

There is only one hotel in Baler, the Bahia de Baler, although another 20-room hotel is being constructed now.

In preparation for the Mutya visitors, the provincial government has adopted the home-stay or bed and breakfast schemes and is now accrediting homes that would let in visitors.

Aurora, which is named after the wife of former president Manuel L. Quezon is comprised of only eight towns and is mostly agricultural. The province can grow almost all kinds of fruits except mangoes since it constantly rains in the area. Among its prime agricultural produce are rice, coconuts, corn, among others.

Aside from the access road, the 36-year-old representative from the lone district of Aurora is pinning his hopes on the Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority, which was passed into law in June 2007.

“We are still constructing our administration building, our airport and the civil works,” he said.

Under the law, the ecozone has an initial coverage of 25 hectares although the local government has already prepared to expand it to 500 hectares and eventually up to 5,000 hectares.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/211508/sctex-extension-eastern-seaboard-provinces-sought

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SCTEX extension to eastern seaboard provinces sought
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
July 18, 2009, 7:09pm

The government is urged to fast track the planned extension of the SCTEX to the eastern seaboard provinces because the poor road network has kept these parts of the country one of the country’s poorest.

This was pushed by Aurora province lone district representative Juan Edgardo Angara during the press launch for the Aurora province as this year’s host of the Mutya ng Pilipinas beauty pageant, which the local government hopes to attract more tourists for their eco-tourism kind of development.

“We should implement this project as soon as possible,” Angara told reporters.

Angara observed that the provinces that have suffered and still suffering from severe poverty are those in the eastern part like Aurora, Isabela, Quezon, Nueva Ecija, and Viscaya. He blamed this situation to the lack of infrastructure that would have opened the economic activities of these provinces.

Access to these remote provinces has not been addressed. Aurora with its nature-tourism has remained hardly inaccessible. It has no developed seaport although a RORO port is being constructed now. There is no regular flight to Baler, the capital of Aurora, except for the chartered flights of Sea Air.

Travel by land is recommended only by bus, vans or sports utility vehicles because the long stretch of rough roads could not tolerate small cars. Travel time is six hours by bus and an hour by plane.

Angara said the extension of the SCTEX from La Paz, Tarlac to Aurora province has long been in the plans of the Department of Public Works and Highway. The extension of the SCTEX could mean the construction of at least 100 kilometers more.

With the poor road network to access the eastern seaboard provinces, Angara said Aurora and the other provinces have been left behind in the development.

The Aurora province, which is hosting the Mutya ng Pilipinas, has only hotel rooms enough for the Mutya delegates almost 300 contingent.

There is only one hotel in Baler, the Bahia de Baler, although another 20-room hotel is being constructed now.

In preparation for the Mutya visitors, the provincial government has adopted the home-stay or bed and breakfast schemes and is now accrediting homes that would let in visitors.

Aurora, which is named after the wife of former president Manuel L. Quezon is comprised of only eight towns and is mostly agricultural. The province can grow almost all kinds of fruits except mangoes since it constantly rains in the area. Among its prime agricultural produce are rice, coconuts, corn, among others.

Aside from the access road, the 36-year-old representative from the lone district of Aurora is pinning his hopes on the Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority, which was passed into law in June 2007.

“We are still constructing our administration building, our airport and the civil works,” he said.

Under the law, the ecozone has an initial coverage of 25 hectares although the local government has already prepared to expand it to 500 hectares and eventually up to 5,000 hectares.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/211508/sctex-extension-eastern-seaboard-provinces-sought

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Dapat sabay na lang sana sa construction ng TPLUexpressway. It's so important as this can contribute to the development of Clark and DMIA. :banana:

Anyway an ultra modern railway called Cagayan Valley Railway Project will soon be a hit in these areas. Konting tiis na lang.

Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority....lol! Another zone that's probably not going to take off. The primary justification for SCTEX was the development and interaction of 4 industrial zones...Subic, Hermosa, Clark and Tarlac (Luisita). That didn't happen and probably doomed the financial rate of return for the expressway. Extending to Aurora also on this premise for a tollway doesn't make sense. TPLEX makes sense because of the demand northward (especially to Baguio).

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Conglomerate inks deal to build tollway

SAN MIGUEL Corp. has formally expressed its interest to join the consortium that will build the 88.5-kilometer Tarlac-La Union Expressway, a road network that will cut travel time to northern Luzon.

In a disclosure, San Miguel said it had entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire a significant stake in the Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIDC), a consortium of construction companies behind the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway Project.

"This is in line with our diversification plans and we’re happy to be a catalyst for the infrastructure needs of the country," San Miguel President Ramon S. Ang said in a statement yesterday.

Mr. Ang noted that the northern and central Luzon stretch is a "potentially dynamic industrial corridor" and the proposed expressway will make it easier and cheaper to move goods and people from one point of Luzon to another.

"As a food and beverage conglomerate with one of the most developed distribution networks in the country, we have a strong interest in making it happen," Mr. Ang said.

The expressway project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union. Once completed, the expressway will cut by half the travel time from Manila to Baguio.

San Miguel said it had agreed to execute and finalize a definitive agreement, which would be subjected to government approval.

It was unclear whether San Miguel would acquire a majority stake in the project but D. M. Consunji, Inc. President Jorge A. Consunji said in an interview that investors have yet to thresh out details of the deal.

"Significant could mean 35%. Right now, we cannot give the exact figure since we have yet to [discuss that]. San Miguel is still reviewing [the project]," Mr. Consunji said.

Mr. Ang has earlier expressed his intention to acquire up to 51% of PIDC, saying San Miguel might invest P2 billion to P3 billion on the project as it continues to be on the lookout for potential investments in infrastructure and energy.

San Miguel was approached by the Consunji-led consortium to build the Tarlac-La Union road network after the latter ended talks with Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

Consunji-led DMCI Holdings, Inc. earlier said it would begin construction this year to complete the road network by 2012.

DMCI Holdings terminated talks with the Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific in January, saying the latter failed to "come up with an agreement in time for the project’s financial needs."

Earlier this month, San Miguel said it was also interested to acquire a stake in the operations of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway from the state-led Bases Conversion Development Authority.

Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage giant began a major diversification strategy two years ago, acquiring stakes in Petron Corp. and the Manila Electric Co.

The company has also partnered with state-owned Qatar Telecom, Inc. to venture into telecommunications, acquiring a 20% stake in Liberty Telecoms Holdings, Inc. It is in the process of acquiring Express Telecommunications Co.

On top of these, San Miguel has also submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government for the development of the Laiban Dam.

San Miguel "A" shares, exclusive to locals, yesterday gained 0.84% or P0.50 to P60 apiece while its "B" shares, open to all investors, lost 0.82% or P0.50 to close at P60 each. — Kristine Jane R. Liu

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW072109/content.php?src=3&id=045

Anyway an ultra modern railway called Cagayan Valley Railway Project will soon be a hit in these areas. Konting tiis na lang.

If I may ask what's this Cagayan Valley Railway Project you speak of?

@anyways
I think the end product is the combination of NLEX, SCTEX, TPLUEX, TNAEX into a super expressway serving North Luzon. Tama ba? :D

:)

In relation to that news, my vision is still not far from reality.

See the major and important key cities that will benefit from this long term MEGAPROJECT.


The future expressways in mainland Luzon.
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4189/luzonexpressway.jpg
Just want to share and post it again. I extend the TNAEx to Iba, Zambales from previous post. (Extension to western seaboard)


COLOR CODING:

Yellow = North Luzon Expressway

Red = SkyWay

Green = South Luzon Expressway (Gateway to Visayas)

Gray = STAR Tollway

Light Blue = CALABARZON LOOP/Beltway (C-6/BRMCEx linked to Manila-Cavite Exp. to Batangas, etc...)

Pink = Central Luzon Circumferencial Superhighway

Blue = Northwest Luzon Expressway (Formerly SCTEx)

Orange = Northeast Luzon Expressway

Purple = Zambales-Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora Expressway (Corridor to East & West central Luzon)

Brown = Infanta-Cabanatuan Scenic Superhighway

In relation to that news, my vision is still not far from reality.

See the major and important key cities that will benefit from this long term MEGAPROJECT.


The future expressways in mainland Luzon.
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4189/luzonexpressway.jpg
Just want to share and post it again. I extend the TNAEx to Iba, Zambales from previous post. (Extension to western seaboard)


COLOR CODING:

Yellow = North Luzon Expressway

Red = SkyWay

Green = South Luzon Expressway (Gateway to Visayas)

Gray = STAR Tollway

Light Blue = CALABARZON LOOP/Beltway (C-6/BRMCEx linked to Manila-Cavite Exp. to Batangas, etc...)

Pink = Central Luzon Circumferencial Superhighway

Blue = Northwest Luzon Expressway (Formerly SCTEx)

Orange = Northeast Luzon Expressway

Purple = Zambales-Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora Expressway (Corridor to East & West central Luzon)

Brown = Infanta-Cabanatuan Scenic Superhighway

i like your proposal :)

In relation to that news, my vision is still not far from reality.

See the major and important key cities that will benefit from this long term MEGAPROJECT.


The future expressways in mainland Luzon.
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4189/luzonexpressway.jpg
Just want to share and post it again. I extend the TNAEx to Iba, Zambales from previous post. (Extension to western seaboard)


COLOR CODING:

Yellow = North Luzon Expressway

Red = SkyWay

Green = South Luzon Expressway (Gateway to Visayas)

Gray = STAR Tollway

Light Blue = CALABARZON LOOP/Beltway (C-6/BRMCEx linked to Manila-Cavite Exp. to Batangas, etc...)

Pink = Central Luzon Circumferencial Superhighway

Blue = Northwest Luzon Expressway (Formerly SCTEx)

Orange = Northeast Luzon Expressway

Purple = Zambales-Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora Expressway (Corridor to East & West central Luzon)

Brown = Infanta-Cabanatuan Scenic Superhighway

Great proposal (honest!!) If i had the money I'd build this myself putek we need visionary people like you in government. I know they have plans sana lang commercialized to the people so people feel goood about it and dapat simulan na to - ipasok na lahat ng mga private players total mukang marami interested like DMCI, San Miguel, MPIC, Lopez - baka si Ayala at Tan at SM maging interesado narin...... Yung Mindanao wag niyo kalimutan super highway at super railways din kelangan duoon.

Ilabas ang $$$ at gawin na yan! (isama na rin ang indirect cost i.e. tongapts, bukol, etc)

San Miguel eyes stake in P15-billion toll road project (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=488532&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña Updated July 21, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire a substantial stake in Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIDC), which won a government concession to build and operate the P15-billion Tarlac-La Union expressway project.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday, San Miguel said the parties agreed to execute and finalize a definitive agreement which shall be subject to government approval.

San Miguel president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang said the move is part of a strategy to diversify from the group’s core beer brewing business. “This is in line with our diversification plans and we’re happy to be a catalyst for the infrastructure needs of the country,”he said.

“The North to Central Luzon stretch is a potentially dynamic industrial corridor and the proposed expressway will make it easier and more cost effective to move goods and people from one point of Luzon to another. As a food and beverage conglomerate with one of the most developed distribution networks in the country, we have a strong interest in making it happen,” Ang said.

The 88.5-kilometer toll road project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union, providing a seamless land link between Manila and the Northern Philippines. Once completed, it is estimated that the expressway will cut by half the travel time from Manila to Baguio.

San Miguel earlier confirmed it was in talks with DMCI Holdings Inc. to explore potential participation in the Tarlac-La Union expressway project. DMCI has a 34-percent equity in PIDC.

DMCI Holdings president Isidro Consunji earlier said San Miguel was eyeing a 49 percent stake in PIDC with an option to increase its holdings to 51 percent.

The Lopez Group’s First Balfour Inc. also owns a 34-percent interest in PIDC. However, it assigned its option to participate in the project to Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MMC) following the sale of its stake in the operation of the North Luzon Expressway, the same road that will be extended to La Union.

MPIC was earlier reported to be not too keen on participating in the Tarlac-La Union expressway as it cited initial studies showing that the project would only be viable if it was extended only up to Gerona from Capas in Tarlac.

Aside from DMCI and First Balfour, other PIDC shareholders include construction firms EEI Corp., R.D. Policarpio and Co. Inc., D.M. Wenceslao and Associates Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction, J.E. Manalo and Co. Inc., New Kanlaon Construction Inc. and Rockford Development.

Construction of the Tarlac-La Union expressway began in September last year and is slated for completion in 2012. Once completed, travel time from Manila to Baguio will be reduced from six to three hours with a safe speed of 80 kilometers per hour. The project’s first phase is set for completion and operation by 2010 while full tollway operations by 2013.

Its already late at this modern time, 2009 na, ang farthest projection/aim ng mga politicians natin ay hanggang La Union pa lamang. Politicians promised before na pagdating daw ng year 2000, maunlad na ang buong Pilipinas (long way back), ngayon 2009 na, naramdaman nyo ba?:)

Its already late at this modern time, 2009 na, ang farthest projection/aim ng mga politicians natin ay hanggang La Union pa lamang. Politicians promised before na pagdating daw ng year 2000, maunlad na ang buong Pilipinas (long way back), ngayon 2009 na, naramdaman nyo ba?:)

That's alright for now.

As long as construction on current road infrastructure projects continues, then we'll get there soon enough hehe :)

P.S.
Corrupt politicians = keep your filthy hands away from these projects. :bash:

SCTEX extension to eastern seaboard provinces sought
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
July 18, 2009, 7:09pm

The government is urged to fast track the planned extension of the SCTEX to the eastern seaboard provinces because the poor road network has kept these parts of the country one of the country’s poorest.

This was pushed by Aurora province lone district representative Juan Edgardo Angara during the press launch for the Aurora province as this year’s host of the Mutya ng Pilipinas beauty pageant, which the local government hopes to attract more tourists for their eco-tourism kind of development.

“We should implement this project as soon as possible,” Angara told reporters.

Angara observed that the provinces that have suffered and still suffering from severe poverty are those in the eastern part like Aurora, Isabela, Quezon, Nueva Ecija, and Viscaya. He blamed this situation to the lack of infrastructure that would have opened the economic activities of these provinces.

Access to these remote provinces has not been addressed. Aurora with its nature-tourism has remained hardly inaccessible. It has no developed seaport although a RORO port is being constructed now. There is no regular flight to Baler, the capital of Aurora, except for the chartered flights of Sea Air.

Travel by land is recommended only by bus, vans or sports utility vehicles because the long stretch of rough roads could not tolerate small cars. Travel time is six hours by bus and an hour by plane.

Angara said the extension of the SCTEX from La Paz, Tarlac to Aurora province has long been in the plans of the Department of Public Works and Highway. The extension of the SCTEX could mean the construction of at least 100 kilometers more.

With the poor road network to access the eastern seaboard provinces, Angara said Aurora and the other provinces have been left behind in the development.

The Aurora province, which is hosting the Mutya ng Pilipinas, has only hotel rooms enough for the Mutya delegates almost 300 contingent.

There is only one hotel in Baler, the Bahia de Baler, although another 20-room hotel is being constructed now.

In preparation for the Mutya visitors, the provincial government has adopted the home-stay or bed and breakfast schemes and is now accrediting homes that would let in visitors.

Aurora, which is named after the wife of former president Manuel L. Quezon is comprised of only eight towns and is mostly agricultural. The province can grow almost all kinds of fruits except mangoes since it constantly rains in the area. Among its prime agricultural produce are rice, coconuts, corn, among others.

Aside from the access road, the 36-year-old representative from the lone district of Aurora is pinning his hopes on the Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority, which was passed into law in June 2007.

“We are still constructing our administration building, our airport and the civil works,” he said.

Under the law, the ecozone has an initial coverage of 25 hectares although the local government has already prepared to expand it to 500 hectares and eventually up to 5,000 hectares.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/211508/sctex-extension-eastern-seaboard-provinces-sought

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Dear Mr. Angara,

In addition to your proposal, let us visualize not only the eastern seaboard but also the WEST. On this map, connecting 5 provinces with 1 expressway (Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, and Aurora) will have a greater impact, not only to the economy of Aurora but the also to the economy of the whole region.

Your coordination with Zambales representatives is highly important to pursue this project. Considering my proposal, let us rename this expressway as Zambales-Aurora Expressway (ZAEx) on east-west direction.


http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8797/ztnaex.png

On this figure, Tarlac (on center) to Aurora (right), is the government proposal. But considering westward direction, will open the Pacific side to South China sea, and this may consider as "Trans-oceanic Highway."

If I may ask what's this Cagayan Valley Railway Project you speak of?

@anyways
I think the end product is the combination of NLEX, SCTEX, TPLUEX, TNAEX into a super expressway serving North Luzon. Tama ba? :D

:)

tama!

SCTEX.. TPLUEX TNAEX..AND NLEX....

will combine as a one expressway.....
hindi nio po ba napansin parang magkapareho na rin sila... ang pagkakaiba lng ung kulay:lol:.....

ALSO....
SLEX... CALA (Cavite-Laguna Expressway) whick is proposed....
and SKYWAY.... :lol:
ayon sa aking pananaliksik :lol::lol:

pagnatapos ang ating mga infra... dito sa pilipinas...
magiging mala-interstate ang ating mga expressways pero may bayad:ohno:

hindi na acronyms ang mga pangalan nito kundi numbers....

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Dear Mr. Angara,

In addition to your proposal, let us visualize not only the eastern seaboard but also the WEST. On this map, connecting 5 provinces with 1 expressway (Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, and Aurora) will have a greater impact, not only to the economy of Aurora but the also to the economy of the whole region.

Your coordination with Zambales representatives is highly important to pursue this project. Considering my proposal, let us rename this expressway as Zambales-Aurora Expressway (ZAEx) on east-west direction.


http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8797/ztnaex.png

On this figure, Tarlac (on center) to Aurora (right), is the government proposal. But considering westward direction, will open the Pacific side to South China sea, and this may consider as "Trans-oceanic Highway."

Actually, extending SCTEX eastward has an unusual effect in itself: it restores the NLEX as the sole northbound expressway, with SCTEX having to rename itself as something else.

^^ oo nga...
Extend na lng ung part ng SUBIC papuntang Iba tapos ung part ng TLUPEX.... i extend papunyang Aurora.. tapos...
wla nang hassle =)

I agree with you sky_harbor. Show ko lng po ung keyplan where TNAEx (ZAEx) is located at the 'dream masterplan', naka zoom sa red rectangular line.
Regarding from Subic/Olongapo to Iba is only just a part of big circumferencial expressway showed in pink.


http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1212/zaexzoom.jpg
Sana mapag-aralan ito ng mga kinauukulan...
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8797/ztnaex.png
"Trans-Oceanic Highway" (ZAEx)

I agree with you sky_harbor. Show ko lng po ung keyplan where TNAEx (ZAEx) is located at the 'dream masterplan', naka zoom sa red rectangular line.
Regarding from Subic/Olongapo to Iba is only just a part of big circumferencial expressway showed in pink.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1212/zaexzoom.jpg

ZAEx

Parang Ok nga Ito Central Luzon Provincial Capital To Provincial Capital

Seriously, you should communicate this to Angara or Ebdane or whoever it is who's supposed to be in-charge or interested in such infra development. Posting it here and hoping someone from Congress or DPWH would see it and transmit it to the decision-makers might not be the best way to get their attention.

napadaan ako kanina jan sa sctex, daming butas

yesterday after arriving at home from Manila, I proceeded to SCTEX going to Tarlac to check if there is anything new. Well, they were doing some maintenance work on the SCTEX from the vicinity of Concepcion Exit up to near the Exit to Tarlac City.

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Returning to Mabalacat town. You can see ahead the mountains of Zambales, one of those mountain is Mt. Pinatubo.

^^ Awesome pics :)

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San Miguel identifies Japanese partners for Laiban dam

CHERYL M. ARCIBAL, GMANews.TV
07/23/2009 | 08:26 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Two Japanese companies were identified by San Miguel Corp. as its partners in its unsolicited proposal for the Laiban Dam project, considered to be Metro Manila's future main source of water.

Ramon S. Ang, San Miguel president, told reporters that Toyota Tsusho Corp. would be its financial partner, while Orix Corp. will help the conglomerate with the project’s technical aspects.

Toyota Tsusho, listed in the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges, is the sole trading company of the Toyota Group. It was originally established to provide consumer financing for Toyota Automobiles.

Meanwhile, Orix is an integrated financial services group based in Tokyo.

It is listed in the Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and New York bourses.

It has been providing value-added products and services to both corporate and retail customers.

With operations in 26 countries, including the Philippines and regions worldwide, Orix's activities include leasing, corporate finance, real estate-related finance and development, life insurance, and investment and retail banking.

In 2007, Orix has partnered with Federal Land, the real estate developer of the Metrobank group, to put up the P4-billion “Grand Midori Makati" on Legaspi Street.

San Miguel, through subsidiary San Miguel Bulk Water Co. Inc., has submitted an unsolicited proposal for the estimated $1-billion Laiban Dam project.

After announcing that it had agreed to join a consortium that would build the 88-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway Project, Ang said the company, through its tollway vehicle Private Infrastructure Development Corp., is looking at two other tollways to develop.

These are the Nueva Ecija to Cagayan Valley tollways and La Union to Laoag.

Ang said San Miguel will be acquiring at least 51-percent stake in PIDC.

Companies belonging to the PIDC include D. M. Consunji, First Balfour, Inc., R.D. Policarpio & Co., Inc., D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc., C.M. Pancho Construction, Inc., EEI Corporation, J.E. Manalo & Co., Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction Corp., New Kanlaon Construction, Inc.

“Next we will look for other opportunity with the Consunji group to look for more tollways," Ang said at the sidelines of San Miguel's annual shareholders' meeting.

San Miguel's interests include stakes in the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the Philippines’ largest electricity distributor; Petron, the Philippines’ largest oil company, and Liberty Telecom.

Meanwhile, despite its foray outside its original food and beverage business, San Miguel chairman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. said the company will retain its core business “under his watch."

“San Miguel will not be out of its core business as long as I'm chairman of San Miguel, or at least, not under my watch," said Cojuangco.

He also said the company will remain “competitive" in the food and beverage industry and will always consider the Philippines as its main growth area amid its international beer operations.

“We will be more competitive than before, that's our belief, anyway. We've always believed in the future of our country. This is our only home," Cojuangco said.

In a separate interview, however, Ang said he could not determine how big in the company's investment mix would remain in the food business.

“We could not say, especially if there are good opportunities available," Ang added.

During the same meeting, San Miguel stockholders voted in favor of an Exchange Offer to convert 1.104-billion common shares to series 1 preferred shares, which are non-voting.

The preferred shares, priced at P75 each, have a fixed dividend of eight percent per annum.

The conversion gave alternative to “more conservative" investors who may have a different risk profile, Cojuangco said.

Ang added that the converted common shares will now be part of the unissued stock of San Miguel, which could be sold in the future for the company’s capital raising needs. - GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/168078/San-Miguel-identifies-Japanese-partners-for-Laiban-dam

Nice pics,I agree with the no billboards highway.It's good also that lamp posts were not like those of Atienza's baywalk or Lim's Jones bridge.

San Miguel identifies Japanese partners for Laiban dam

CHERYL M. ARCIBAL, GMANews.TV
07/23/2009 | 08:26 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Two Japanese companies were identified by San Miguel Corp. as its partners in its unsolicited proposal for the Laiban Dam project, considered to be Metro Manila's future main source of water.

After announcing that it had agreed to join a consortium that would build the 88-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway Project, Ang said the company, through its tollway vehicle Private Infrastructure Development Corp., is looking at two other tollways to develop.

These are the Nueva Ecija to Cagayan Valley tollways and La Union to Laoag.

Ang said San Miguel will be acquiring at least 51-percent stake in PIDC.

Companies belonging to the PIDC include D. M. Consunji, First Balfour, Inc., R.D. Policarpio & Co., Inc., D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc., C.M. Pancho Construction, Inc., EEI Corporation, J.E. Manalo & Co., Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction Corp., New Kanlaon Construction, Inc.

“Next we will look for other opportunity with the Consunji group to look for more tollways," Ang said at the sidelines of San Miguel's annual shareholders' meeting.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/168078/San-Miguel-identifies-Japanese-partners-for-Laiban-dam[/SIZE]

Unti-unti ng nabubuo ang jigsaw puzzel sa North.

NORTHWEST LUZON:

>>>Subic-Clark-Tarlac (junctioned to NLEx)
>>>Tarlac-Pangasinan-LaUnion
>>>LaUnion-Laoag, Ilocos Norte (via Ilocos Sur, buo na ang northwest side!)

NORTHEAST LUZON:

>>>Northeast Luzon Expressway (NELEx) is upto Nueva Ecija.
>>>Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora
>>>Nueva Ecija-Cagayan Valley (buo na rin ang northeast side!)

Let us hope na Aparri ang terminus sa Cagayan Valley tollway so that northern tip will be reached.
What about South, any news? Upto Legazpi City will be OK, but it should also be extended to Matnog, Sorsogon so that Visayas naman ang kasunod.
Sana hindi lang 'to hanggang sa drawing board, these projects should be implemented.

Let us hope na Aparri ang terminus sa Cagayan Valley tollway so that northern tip will be reached.

It should end at Sta Ana, Cagayan Province where Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport is located. Farther north east than Aparri, meaning longer experssway. :cheers:

It should end at Sta Ana, Cagayan Province where Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport is located. Farther north east than Aparri, meaning longer experssway. :cheers:

That will be fine. If we have international port there, then trading to and from Taiwan and other countries in North Asia would be very easy. Di na kailangan dumeretso ng Manila ang mga barko, direct na sa Cagayan, then those expressways will be very useful for logistics and distribution of cargoes/freights around the country, especially Luzon.

But they should also study to link Laoag to Cagayan expressway, so that the loop will be completed.

Name of Project : Tarlac - Pangasinan - La Union Toll Expressway (TPLEX)

Location :

Type of Structure : Infrastructure

Description : Project Proponent: Private Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC). Members include: D.M. Consunji, Inc., First Balfour, Inc., R.D. Policarpio & Co., Inc., D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc., C.M. Pancho Construction, Inc., EEI Corporation, J.E. Manalo & Co., Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction Corp., New Kanlaon Construction, Inc.

88.60 Kilometers of two-lane Asphalt Concrete Pavement from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union, 7 interchanges, 8 Toll Plazas with Rest Areas and Maintenance Depot, 2 Viaducs, 28 Bridges, 26 Overpasses, 3 Farm Crossings.

Owner/Client : Government of the Philippines (DPWH)

From DMCI (http://www.dmcinet.com/Glo_Latest_projects.asp)

d kasya sa monotor ko yung picture...2 lane expressway lang ata yan ehh

^^ yes, initially 2 lanes muna... expand na lang yan later siguro...

Name of Project : Tarlac - Pangasinan - La Union Toll Expressway (TPLEX)

Location :

Type of Structure : Infrastructure

Description : Project Proponent: Private Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC). Members include: D.M. Consunji, Inc., First Balfour, Inc., R.D. Policarpio & Co., Inc., D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc., C.M. Pancho Construction, Inc., EEI Corporation, J.E. Manalo & Co., Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction Corp., New Kanlaon Construction, Inc.

88.60 Kilometers of two-lane Asphalt Concrete Pavement from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union, 7 interchanges, 8 Toll Plazas with Rest Areas and Maintenance Depot, 2 Viaducs, 28 Bridges, 26 Overpasses, 3 Farm Crossings.

Owner/Client : Government of the Philippines (DPWH)

From DMCI (http://www.dmcinet.com/Glo_Latest_projects.asp)

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^^ yes, initially 2 lanes muna... expand na lang yan later siguro...

2 lanes initially before this coming election,
the other 2 lanes for the next presidential election.

2 lanes initially before this coming election,
the other 2 lanes for the next presidential election.

well i've read it has something to do with the demand... i'm pretty sure though the need for expansion will come soon after its opening...

:cheers:

I think they're clueless about the demand. SCTEX, sobra luwag pero konti dumadaan. TPLEX sobra kitid pero mukhang marami dadaan because it will serve a corridor that's already very busy along MacArthur. That will open when? 2010? 2011? Lalong mataas na ang traffic demand by that time. 2 lanes per direction would be fine.

2 lanes initially before this coming election,
the other 2 lanes for the next presidential election.

Anu ito, ala STAR Tollway Lipa City-Batangas City segment?

SCTEX a boon to businesses in Clark (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=490442&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
Updated July 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=490442&publicationSubCategoryId=66)

MANILA, Philippines - Clark businessmen and Angeles City residents now take the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) for their transport requirements en route to Manila and Subic Bay.

The CEOs of a major investors’ league in Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) said they prefer to use the 94-kilometer stretch for its time efficiency, citing reduced travel time as among the advantages of using the state-owned expressway.

“SCTEX has made business and other activities easier not only for Clark investors but also for Angeles City residents and commuters,” Clark Investors and Locators Association, Inc. (CILA) president Jeannie del Rosario-Ng said.

CILA is among the leading business organizations that played a big role in attracting 781 investments in Clark. The association has been in existence for the past 10 years and has consistently been at the forefront in addressing aspirations and concerns of the locators.

She noted that since SCTEX became operational in July 2008, a lot of local tourists from Angeles City now go to Subic Bay to see the theme parks and other attractions in the economic zone.

“We are using the interchanges to travel to and from Manila to avoid traffic at the McArthur Highway,” Philippine Sundt Construction and Development Co. president David Marr said.

Nanette Qua of Amerton Global said, “it helps reduce our travel time. It is the best alternative route to avoid the congested Dau area.”

“The south entrance has been a great help for commuters to travel from North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to SCTEX then to Clark that fast,” said Mike Sozon of Clark Liberty Warehouse Club, Inc. He suggested though that, “if possible the NLEX EC-Tag be integrated with SCTEX.”

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) opened last April 5 the Clark South Interchange. Similarly, last Dec. 23, 2008, the Clark North Interchange became operational. Both interchanges provide direct access to and from Clark and the SCTEX.

Clark South Interchange will bring motorists from SCTEX right to the main artery of the CFZ providing easy access to the Clark Development Corp. Offices (CDC) and the Clark International Airport Corp. Offices (CIAC), duty free shops, resorts and hotels, restaurants and mall.

On the other hand, the Clark North Interchange is the entry point nearest to the Clark Special Economic Zone’s (CSEZ) sub-zone—tagged as the “The Next Frontier”. It is the closer route to Expo Filipino, Nayong Pilipino-Clark, various recreational destinations and Texas Instruments.

As this developed, additional exit and entry lanes at the Mabalacat interchange are being constructed to address the growing traffic volume in the state-of-the-art travel facility.

SCTEX, which is the centerpiece of Central Luzon logistics hub, has begun stimulating socio-economic growth in the Subic-Clark corridor and the entire region.

Clark is proof that GMA keeps her SONA promises - exec (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=490433&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
By Ma. Elisa P. Osorio Updated July 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=490433&publicationSubCategoryId=66)

MANILA, Philippines - The Clark Freeport zone is proof that President Arroyo made good her promises during her State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Benigno N. Ricafort said.

“My confidence in the President’s sincerity to fulfill her promises is anchored on the positive impacts that her previous SONAs have created inside the Clark Freeport,” Ricafort said.

Ricafort said the goals Ms. Arroyo delivered in her 2007 SONA “have become a reality” citing various development and infrastructure projects completed and ongoing inside the Clark Freeport.

In her 2007 SONA, President Arroyo unveiled a plan to organize “Super Regions” composed of Mindanao, Central Philippines, North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle, Luzon Urban Beltway and the Cyber Corridor in a bid to “spread development away from an inequitable concentration in Metro Manila.”

Ricafort cited the completion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) as “concrete proof” of the President’s determination to synergize Clark and Subic Freeports, “whose ‘spillover effect’ would complement the local economies of surrounding communities.”

He added that the opening of the SCTEx last year has created a huge impact on Clark, particularly on the Freeport’s investment, export and employment performance in 2008 and the present.

Ricafort said the CDC’s 2008 accomplishments reflected a $949 million gain in export output and realized P68.63 billion worth of actual investments. Employment also soared in December 2008 with an unprecedented 57,790 Clark workforce. In addition, taxes and duties contributed by Clark locators to the government amounted to almost P2 billion.

Ricafort said Mrs. Arroyo’s vision to create a world-class logistics and services hub north of Manila, which was also mentioned in her 2007 SONA, has made its mark in Clark.

Ricafort said the projects, which the CDC has tagged as its “new big investments in Clark,” include employment generated by business process outsourcing (BPO) industries here, the $1.5-billion investment from Texas Instruments, $100 million from Kuwait Gulf Link (KGL) company for its logistics park, and the $10 million for Singapore Airlines Engineering Co. and Cebu Pacific’s maintenance, repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility.

“Another vision congruent to that of the President’s is the Next Frontier project,” Ricafort said, adding that the Chief Executive had stressed on “opportunities for livelihood” as among her top priorities for the country.

“The Next Frontier will serve as the significant ‘strategic vision’ that serves as the template for similar challenges for other tribal lands of indigenous peoples of the Philippines,” Ricafort added.

“Investment in the area will not only bolster the President’s vision to transform Clark as the region’s logistics and services hub but also it will also provide employment to the Sacobia Valley’s residents – the Aetas,” Ricafort said.

The Next Frontier (Sacobia Sub-zone) covers an area of 10,680 hectares of which only 20 percent or 2,300 hectares, is projected to create some $5 billion worth of investments and 143,000 jobs. Infrastructure cost is estimated to reach P11.18 billion. The area is viable for commercial, light industries, and tourism projects.

“This area is the President’s solid contribution to the indigenous peoples with her recent success in issuing the Aeta’s Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT),” he added. The Sacobia Sub-zone has been the settlement site of the nomadic Tribung Ayta. The welfare of the Tribung Aytas has always been one of the major concerns of PGMA and CDC has been supportive of this thrust.

Ricafort will focus on livelihood, employment, and the provision of educational facilities for the younger generation of Tribung Aytas. “Education will transform to higher values the vision for the indigenous tribal aetas,” he said

Ricafort also said he is optimistic that the CDC’s Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) will increase after the state-owned firm resolved the buildable height limit issue through the assistance of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

He said the CAAP and the ICAO, in July 2009, had resolved the height restrictions set for the Clark Freeport which delayed several projects.

“This now allows the CDC to proceed with the processing of the 22 withheld construction projects after the CAAP and ICAO gave the green light for the construction of vertical structures in the western portion of the CFZ with the natural barriers providing the shielding effect” Ricafort said.

TLUTEx vs TPLEx

Three-and-half hours to Baguio? From Tarlac, not Manila. That’s how bad Highway 3 or the so-called MacArthur Highway has become — worn pavement in some parts, lots of trucks from dusk to midnight, besides buzzing scooters and tricycles from 4 a.m. onwards. The only time it is clear of traffic is from 12 midnight to four in the morning. Driving through Highway 3 in the day, after the civility and freedom of the SCTEx, is a stress-filled ordeal. An endless slog of piecemeal attempts to overtake slow mini buses and trucks. Jeepneys go on and off the shoulder every 300 meters and tricycles just never seem to get off the road. But if PIDCo finishes the TLUTEx (Tarlac La Union Toll Expressway) in 2013, three and half hours to Baguio from Manila may just be possible.

To recap, the SCTEx is a project of the BCDA (Bases Conversion Development Authority). JBIC (the Japan Bank for International Cooperation) gave the BCDA generous funding of P29 billion — interest rate of 0.95% per year, 40-year term, grace period for 10 years — which means the BCDA will only start paying for the loan in 2018 up to 2048. With such generous conditions, JBIC only required that the highway be built by Japanese contractors to Japanese standards and should be four-lane dual carriageway. Filipino contractors can apply as subcontractors. Now operated by Metro Pacific Tollways’ TMC, same operator as the NLEx, the SCTEx is a huge success.

The BCDA, having been a successful partner of the JBIC, was supposed to continue with the TPLEx (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union-Expressway) from SCTEx Tarlac to Bacnotan in La Union, with a spur expressway to Dingalan Bay, Nueva Ecija. The BCDA-JBIC funded TPLEx plan would also divert Cagayan Valley truck traffic from the two-lane Maharlika Highway to the safer dual carriageway SCTEx and on to the NLEx.

About a year before the full operation of the SCTEx, PIDCo proposed the TLUTEx — a 88.58-km two-lane single carriageway expressway parallel to Highway 3, continuing from the Balingcanaway, Tarlac terminus of the SCTEx to Rosario, La Union. TLUTEx copies the BCDA’s TPLEx’s alignment and will have interchanges in Victoria, Gerona-Pura and Paniqui, all in Tarlac. There’s an interchange to serve both Nampicuan, Nueva Ecija and Anao, Tarlac. Crossing into Pangasinan province, interchanges will also be built to serve Carmen-Rosales and congested Urdaneta City. After Urdaneta, the TLUTEx will cross over Highway 3 to align west of it before another interchange for Pozzorubio. The TLUTEx toll plaza terminus will be where the Rosario-Pugo, La Union highway leads to Marcos Highway.

Section 1A — a distance of 16.95 km from the SCTEx Tarlac toll plaza to Gerona — is due to be finished in 2009. Section 1B is 31.75 kms of expressway from Gerona-Paniqui-Moncada-Carmen. Section II, at 9.47 kms from Carmen to Urdaneta, will be the most expensive section per km because a long and costly viaduct will have to cross the wide Agno River. Section III traverses 30.41 km from Urdaneta-Pozorrubio-Rosario, which bypasses one of the most dangerous parts of Highway 3.

To be initially financed by loan and toll collections, TLUTEx will be completed piecemeal — just like the decade-old STAR Tollway. Total project cost is estimated to be P15 billion. The Philconstruct Web site claims the consortium is negotiating for P8 billion from BDO and that San Miguel Infrastructure is also interested in buying 55% of the project. DPWH right-of-way acquisition is ongoing.

The BCDA’s four-lane dual carriageway TPLEx was to finish in three years, as fast as the SCTEx. PIDCo’s TLUTEx has the same schedule but is only two lanes. Sadly, the latter will be fraught with traffic risks as fatal head-on accidents are germane to long and lonely single carriageway highways. Scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2010 is the 48-km Tarlac City to Carmen, Pangasinan Section 1. A target traffic volume of 25,000 vehicles/day should trigger PIDCo to start building the other two-lane carriageway, a traffic volume that is already reached every weekend at the SCTEx Mabalacat toll plaza.

It’s a pity that the project was packaged merely as a construction one without linked commitments to operate. A comprehensive package from building to operations, like the NLEx rehabilitation, would have attracted bigger financing. At P15 billion, project finance is limited to building only two lanes and several interchanges without the access roads, if only to finish sections 1A and 1B by 2010. And since a long viaduct spanning the Agno river will be costly, the Pozzorubio, Pangasinan to Rosario, La Union segment of Section 3, should be prioritized so that traffic can avoid the crumbling and sinking Highway 3 from Binalonan to Sison. The ideal three-and-a-half hour dream journey from Manila to Baguio will have to wait a while longer.

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW072909/content.php?id=200 (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW072909/content.php?id=200)

Hi guys...
Share ko lang tong pics of Highway 400 in Ontario, Canada.
Parang meron din ang Subic-Tarlac nito ;-)
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it's a little crooked.

We hope SCTEX and the other expressways would have those electronic signboards in the future to remind motorists about safety and also to provide guidance in case of incidents along the facility.

^^ i think NLEX has it...

NLEX is leading the way among Phil expressways. Yesterday though, I observed there's a lot of work to be done regarding the pavement.

^^ i think NLEX has it...

Meron din dati sa meh SLEX approcahing Magallanes flyover northbound. ngayon, yung steel post nalang ang natitira.

Hello! May I ask how much is the toll fee of SCTEX from NLEX to Tarlac? Thanks

^^ around 60 pesos i guess

BCDA speeds up repairs in SCTEX Clark-Tarlac segment (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=496911&publicationSubCategoryId=66)

MANILA, Philippines - The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) yesterday said its field workers are rushing the completion of rectification jobs on certain portions of the Clark-Tarlac segment of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).

“BCDA issued this advisory to inform motorists about the presence of heavy equipment in some spots of the SCTEX that might have posed a bit of inconvenience among the motorists,” said Robert Gervacio, program manager for operational support services and spokesman.

Gervacio explained that the repair and rectification measures were being undertaken at no extra cost to the government-run company because the toll road project “is still within the warranty period.”

“Our agreement with the contractors includes a warranty clause where the road builders are under obligation to implement repairs of BCDA-identified defects at no cost to BCDA,” he said.

The bottom line, according to Gervacio, is to ensure that the quality and integrity of the SCTEX, the country’s newest and longest toll road at 93.7 kilometers, is well preserved “for the overall safety of motorists and the public in general.”

Gervacio added that no less than Japan-based general manager Haruki Torii of Hazama Corp. — the Japanese main contractor for the 43.27-km Clark-Tarlac Segment of the SCTEX, committed to BCDA president Narciso Abaya during a recent courtesy call that the rectification works will be completed by the end of August.

At the same time, the BCDA disclosed that more roadside signages will soon be installed in vital segments of the SCTEX, particularly at the Matatalahib-Maliwalo portion.

^^ I see, thats why there are lots of counter flow between Tarlac - Nlex area currently.

Pansin ko lang when we went to Subic via NLEX, SCTEX and others we paid atleast 4 times sa tollboth puwede kayang diretso na accounting lang siguro yun and information sharing, walang hassle tuloy tuloy anyway babayaran mo total sa dulo. if i am not mistaken more than 300 pesos ata till Subic yung last ata eh 17 pesos ata kotong ata yun sa subic?

SCADC moves to preserve SCTEX’s panoramic view vs. billboards, advertisement structures

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- A business with no sign is a sign of no business.

For the development stakeholders of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), however, there is no better sign that they mean serious business than to preserve the panoramic view of the mountains, rivers and the countryside here.

In keeping with its mandate to oversee and direct policy development, the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCADC) met recently with building and zoning officials of all the local government units along the expressway corridor to conduct consultation on the drafting of Additional Rules and Regulations (ARR) on Signs and Signboard Structures.

Director Teresito Tiotuyco of the SCADC Directorate for Utilities and Infrastructure, in his presentation, said the proposed additional rules and regulations aim to strengthen the Rule XX of Presidential Decree 1096, also known as the National Building Code of the Philippines, and Section 5 of Administrative Order No. 160.

Under the proposal, specific provisions will be inserted to address the particular need to preserve the SCTEX panorama along the “view corridor,” which the Clark-to-Subic segment has been identified as the most scenic by the stakeholders.

Tiotuyco said the objective of the addenda is to keep the most scenic views of the expressway free from any advertising structure or signage, such as those currently found along the major highways of the country, more notably Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Metro Manila.

This would afford people the opportunity to behold nature’s beauty and rustic landscapes while travelling in comfort and safety, he said.

At the same time, it will harmonize with the long-term goal of transforming the corridor into a mega logistics hub that is competitively at par with the best in the Asia- Pacific region, he added.

Tiotuyco said locations will be identified where service providers can put up signs and structures based on specifications detailed in the ARR.

He observed that in certain places, billboards may even help add to landscape aesthetics, and provide illumination as well for night drivers.

Director Emmanuel ****apay of the National Building Code Development Office, for his part, said the SCADC initiative will compel the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fast-track its move to formulate its Implementing Rules and Regulations covering billboards and signs along expressways and other similar thoroughfares.

****apay asked the officials to be always on the watch for violations of existing laws and regulations.

Meanwhile, the Sangguniang Bayan of Floridablanca, Pampanga was lauded for its pro-active resolution totally prohibiting any construction or posting of advertising structure.

Floridablanca lies within the “view corridor,” and boasts of the picturesque Palacol River.

SCADC is planning to hold more consultations on the issues.

Architect Armando Alli, land utilization consultant, said “this is an opportunity to plan the future with foresight.”

”Having learned from our own sad experiences, and from the benchmarks set by other countries, we hope that the SCAD Corridor shall become a showcase of the Filipino’s capability to be the best,” Alli said. (PNA)
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http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=225470

Senate panel mulls probe on hasty titling of lands along SCTEX

MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA)—The Senate blue ribbon panel is considering to conduct probe into the alleged sudden titling of lands along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX).

Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee, said the panel might look into the issue because the sudden issuance of titles for what used to be idle lands along both sides of the new highway could hinder the development plans in the area, such as dispersing industries there to decongest Manila.

”We want to avoid that, we must prioritize the development of the economic zones and the local government can participate and others,” Gordon said.

Gordon filed Senate Bill No. 143, which aims to strengthen and expand the powers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC). This will allow the SBMA and the CDC to develop other special economic zones in Luzon to optimize the utilization of airports in Subic, Clark and Manila; two seaports in Subic and Manila and one connecting highway and railway in Luzon.

During the hearing of the committee on government corporations and public enterprises on Wednesday, the senator said that the government was tasked to promote entrepreneurship and create job opportunities through full and efficient use of its resources, such as infrastructures; hence the need to develop the area.

”The government has constructed a state of the art highway, very few used this highway for they have not yet felt the critical mass. We do not build infrastructure and do nothing afterward. We must not forget that the very purpose of infrastructure is to provide development and employment which the people could avail,” Gordon said.

In line with this, Gordon created a technical working group (TWG), composed of all the stakeholders, which will draw up a master and a land use plan for the development of the area.

“What we’d like to do is to polish the masterplan right away and try to put this bill out in the next two weeks on the floor,” he said.(PNA)
RMA/rudyma

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=1&rid=225568

SCADC moves to preserve SCTEX’s panoramic view vs. billboards, advertisement structures

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga, Aug. 22 (PNA) -- A business with no sign is a sign of no business.

For the development stakeholders of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), however, there is no better sign that they mean serious business than to preserve the panoramic view of the mountains, rivers and the countryside here.

Dapat talagang ipagbawal ang paglalagay ng billboards kasi hindi lang masisira ang scenic view but mag-aadvertise ng masagwa/hentai/nude at vulnerable pa sa bagyo....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Central_Jingshi_Expressway9.jpg

ok lang naman ads sa expressways, source of income din ng operator. wag lang tadtarin. Expressways sa China at Malaysia ganto ang ads, at least about every3-5 KM with minimal size...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2323220750_213396a3e8.jpg?v=0
wag lang mga ganito, panget sobra.. baka matapon ang vetsin pag bumagyo

^^ maraming magkakasakit sa bato nyan kapag natapon yang vetsin!:nuts:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Central_Jingshi_Expressway9.jpg

ok lang naman ads sa expressways, source of income din ng operator. wag lang tadtarin. Expressways sa China at Malaysia ganto ang ads, at least about every3-5 KM with minimal size...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2323220750_213396a3e8.jpg?v=0
wag lang mga ganito, panget sobra.. baka matapon ang vetsin pag bumagyo

:lol: so funny! U made me laughed so hard!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Central_Jingshi_Expressway9.jpg

ok lang naman ads sa expressways, source of income din ng operator. wag lang tadtarin. Expressways sa China at Malaysia ganto ang ads, at least about every3-5 KM with minimal size...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2323220750_213396a3e8.jpg?v=0
wag lang mga ganito, panget sobra.. baka matapon ang vetsin pag bumagyo

May nagjoke pa sa amin dati, I'm not sure if its when we went to Ilocos Norte or Batangas. Nadaan kami sa isang palayan na may ad din na ganito. Kaya daw malasa at masarap ang kanin sa kanila dahil nakatanim pa lang may vetsin na.

Bahala na kayo mag-deliver ng joke the funny way.hehe....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2323220750_213396a3e8.jpg?v=0
wag lang mga ganito, panget sobra.. baka matapon ang vetsin pag bumagyo

grabe.. 20 years na yata tong aji no motong to. hahahahaha

State banks to bankroll P15-B toll road

SMC to control expressway consortium

By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer


MANILA, Philippines - State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines and Land Bank of the Philippines are spearheading a syndicate that will bankroll the P15-billion Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Toll Expressway project to be majority-controlled by San Miguel Corp.

The financing of toll roads is among the areas that DBP was active in as part of its developmental mandate, DBP president Reynaldo David said.

The 88-kilometer expressway project will extend from La Paz in Tarlac (the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway) to Rosario, La Union.

The three-phase project, which is being undertaken through a build-operate-transfer contract between the Department of Public Works and Highways and a private consortium of contractors called Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIDC), is expected to be completed by 2013. The first two sections are expected to be finished by May 2010 and January 2011, respectively.

The PIDC consortium is controlled by 10 construction companies, including DM Consunji Inc. and the Lopez-owned First Balfour. The plan was originally for DMCI to take in a new partner and buy the other contractors out. Metro Pacific Investment Corp. also has an option to take over the 10-percent stake held by the Lopezes as part of the deal when it took over the latter’s North Luzon Expressway project, although it has yet to exercise this option.

San Miguel has recently signed a nonbinding deal to acquire a “significant” stake in the private sector consortium that owns the BOT project.

DBP and Landbank will lead other banks in pooling funds to finance the infrastructure project. The estimated project cost is P15.36 billion, which includes a P2.9-billion subsidy from the government for certain portions of the expressway.

The toll road will initially have two lanes, but two more will be added once traffic volume reaches 25,000 vehicles a day, based on the original BOT plan.

Once completed, the toll road is expected to cut by half the present travel time from Manila to Baguio, which is in line with the DBP’s goal of improving farm-to-market roads in the country.

The financing for the project is expected to be on a long-term basis, carrying a tenor of at least 10 years.

http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20090823-221678/State-banks-to-bankroll-P15-B-toll-road

2 lanes initially before this coming election,
the other 2 lanes for the next presidential election.2 lane will be better rather than expriencing tricycle at National Hiway, as long as free flowing will be very good Ramdam Kaunlaran!!

SMC to lead group that will build new northern luzon toll roads

Cheryl M. Arcibal, GMANews.TV

Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is set to become the single largest shareholder of a consortium tasked to construct a road network connecting two major Philippine highways to the northernmost Luzon provinces.

San Miguel disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Thursday that its subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. signed a subscription agreement for a 35-percent stake in Private Infra Dev Corp., a consortium of construction companies behind the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway Project.

"The Agreement is the most recent step in SMC's strategic transformation (to) diversify from its core food, beverage and packaging portfolio, and marks its entry into infrastructure and tollways," the company said.

Ramon S. Ang, SMC vice chairman and president, told GMANews.TV in a text message that the cost of the 35 percent acquisition has yet to be confirmed.

"Yes at 35 [percent, SMC will be the single largest shareholder of PIDC]," Ang said.

Among PIDC's members are Consunji-led DMCI group.

The 88-kilometer road that will connect North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway to provinces in Northern Luzon is estimated to have a construction cost of P15 billion.

Originally, PIDC, which is capitalized at P1-billion, was a consortium led by DM Consunji Inc., and Lopez-led First Philippine Infrastructure Group. Formed in 2007, the consortium plans to secure big-ticket government infrastructure projects.

However, late last year, First Infrastructure was acquired by Metro Pacific Investments Corp., the local unit of Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co. Ltd., from the Lopez family as part of its strategy to venture into heavy industries.

San Miguel has also been aggressive in its bid to diversify from its core food business. It is planning to acquire control of Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, and is among the major shareholders of Manila Electric Co., the Philippines’ largest power distributor.

It has also partnered with a Qatari firm for its venture into the telecommunications business. San Miguel has also formed a subsidiary that submitted an unsolicited proposal for the P48-billion development of the Laiban Dam project.

PIDC has planned to start the construction of the project this year and complete the road in five years.

The expressway development will be constructed in two phases. The first phase covers a road from Tarlac to Carmen, Pangasinan, while the second phase covers the stretch from Pangasinan to La Union.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/170836/smc-to-lead-group-that-will-build-new-northern-luzon-toll-roads

Consunji firm to buy more shares in highway consortium (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/171480/consunji-firm-to-buy-more-shares-in-highway-consortium)
09/04/2009 | 01:39 PM

Consunji-led DMCI Holdings Inc. will be subscribing more shares in a consortium tasked to construct a road network connecting two major Philippine highways to the northernmost Luzon provinces.

DMCI told the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday that its board approved its subscription of about 1.45-million shares of Private Infra Dev Corp. out of the consortium's increase in authorized capital stock of P3.5 billion.

The company also will allow the investment in the company of diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp., through Rapid Thoroughfares Inc., in PIDC. Through Rapid Thoroughfare's acquisition of 35-percent equity interest in PIDC, San Miguel is set to become the consortium's single largest shareholder.

Rapid Thoroughfares also has the option to increase its equity interest to 51 percent of PIDC, a consortium of construction companies behind the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway Project.

San Miguel has earlier disclosed that its subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares signed a subscription agreement for a 35-percent stake in PIDC.
GMANews.TV

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:29:00 09/05/2009

Filed Under: Road Transport, Construction & Property


Close this LOCAL CONSTRUCTION GIANT DM CONsunji Inc. and diversifying San Miguel Corp. will jointly infuse about P3 billion in fresh equity into the private sector consortium undertaking the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway build-operate-transfer project.

The equity infusion committed by the two companies will comprise bulk of the P3.5-billion increase in the authorized capital stock of Private Infra Dev Corp. (PIDC), which owns the BOT contract for the toll road project.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday, DMCI said its board of directors approved its subscription to about 1.45 million common shares of PIDC. As each share has a par value of P1,000 each, this suggested that DMCI would contribute about P1.45 billion in additional equity.

DMIC also disclosed that it had agreed to sign the waiver of preemptive rights in connection with the acquisition by San Miguel—through its nominated company Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. (RTI)—of about 1.57 million common shares of PIDC representing a 35-percent interest.

San Miguel has an option to increase its equity interest to 51 percent, which the conglomerate plans to exercise by next year.

In a separate disclosure, San Miguel said RTI would shell out about P1.57 billion to subscribe to the shares in PIDC. It added that RTI would pay a portion of the subscription price amounting to P560.85 million on closing of the subscription.

“The balance of the subscription price will be paid pursuant to the capital calls of PIDC on such dates and amounts as may be determined by PIDC board,” San Miguel said.

The 88-km expressway project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac—at the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)—to Rosario, La Union.

I will post this news here since the thread for Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway is missing...

SMC, DMCI takes 67% stake in tollway firm (http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20090914-225159/SMC-DMCI-takes-67-stake-in-tollway-firm)

By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 10:58:00 09/14/2009

MANILA, Philippines — Diversifying San Miguel Corp. and local construction giant DM Consunji Inc. have completed a joint takeover of a controlling 67 percent stake in the private sector consortium undertaking the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway build-operate-transfer project.

In separate disclosures to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday, San Miguel and DMCI announced the completion of their respective subscription to the bulk of the P3.5 billion capital increase for Private Infra Development Corp. (PIDC), which owns the BOT contract for the toll road project.

SMC, through infrastructure subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. (RTI), acquired a 35 percent stake in PIDC. It was earlier announced that the subscription by RTI would cost about P1.57 billion equivalent to about 1.57 million common shares.

DMCI, on the other hand, announced it had subscribed to 1.5 million common shares, representing a 32.22 percent additional interest in PIDC.

As each share has a par value of P1,000 each, this subscription implied a capital infusion of about P1.5 billion.

SMC and DMCI thus accounted for P3.07 billion or 87.7 percent of this capital build-up program for PDIC. This capital hike represented about a quarter of the P15-billion estimated project cost for the tollway.

The 88-kilometer expressway project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac—at the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx)—to Rosario, La Union. The three-phase project, which is being undertaken through a build-operate-transfer contract with the Department of Public Works and Highways, is expected to be completed by 2013. The first two sections are expected to be finished by May 2010 and January 2011, respectively

just keep on post about TPLEX

^^ the second phase of SCTEx eh....
ang magiging dulo daw ng proposed na expressway na ito ay Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (tama po ba???)

"The 88-km expressway project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac—at the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)"

Just to let everyone know the real location of SCTex Terminus, it is not Lapaz, Tarlac but still part of Tarlac City. It lies in between the second to the last last village and the last village of eastern Tarlac City. And from the last village, Lapaz town is still 6 kilometers from SCTex terminus.

A lot of people carried over the clause from previous news or post that it is located on Lapaz. And never verified it is still geographically part of Tarlac City.

SMC completes purchase of 35% stake in tollway project (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=505246&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) Updated September 15, 2009 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has completed the acquisition of a 35-percent stake in Private Infra Development Corp. (PIDC), a consortium of construction companies that won the government concession to operate the P15-billion Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway project.

The deal involved the purchase by San Miguel’s wholly-owned unit Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. (RTI) of 1.575 million common shares for P1.575 billion, or P1,000 each share. RTI paid P560.85 million of the purchase price upon closing of the deal while the balance will be paid pursuant to the capital calls of PIDC on such dates and amounts to be determined by the PIDC board. 

PIDC is owned 34 percent by Consunji-owned DMCI Holdings and First Balfour Inc. of the Lopezes. Other shareholders include EEI Corp., R.D. Policarpio and Co. Inc., D.M. Wenceslao and Associates Inc., J.V. Angeles Construction, J.E. Manalo and Co. Inc., New Kanlaon Construction Inc. and Rockford Development.

In a separate disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, DMCI said it will waive its preemptive rights to subscribe to the additional share issuance in PIDC to pave the way for the entry of San Miguel, now the single biggest shareholder in the consortium.

San Miguel even has an option to raise its stake in PIDC to 51 percent.

The purchase is the “most recent step in San Miguel’s strategic transformation to diversify from its core food, beverage and packaging portfolio and marks its entry into infrastructure and tollways,” San Miguel said.

The 88.5-kilometer tollroad project will extend from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union, providing a seamless land link between Manila and Northern Philippines. Once completed, it is estimated that the expressway will cut by half the travel time from Manila to Baguio.

The North to Central Luzon stretch is seen as a potential dynamic industrial corridor that will make it easier and more cost effective to move goods and people from one point of Luzon to another.

The three-phase project, which is being undertaken via a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract between the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and PIDC, is targeted for completion in 2013, with the first two sections expected to be finished by May 2010 and January 2011, respectively.

The estimated project cost of P15.36 billion includes a P2.9-billion subsidy from the government for certain portions of the expressway. It will initially have two lanes, but two more will be added once the traffic volume reaches 25,000 vehicles a day.

uso talaga dto ang replay ano..sinabi na nang isa gaya din ang isa....hahaahhaa

MetroPac offers bid to take over SCTEx (http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20090916-225541/MetroPac-offers-bid-to-take-over-SCTEx)
By Doris Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:46:00 09/16/2009


MANILA, Philippines -- The Metro Pacific infrastructure group led by Manuel V. Pangilinan has submitted an unsolicited proposal to take over the operations of the P27-billion Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the country's longest expressway.

Publicly listed tollway unit Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., a unit of Pangilinan-led infrastructure holding firm Metro Pacific Investmentsmn Corp., told the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday that a proposal was submitted to the state-owned Bases Conversion Development Authority for the right to operate, maintain, and collect toll from the SCTEX.

The proposal, which was made through Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of MPTC, seeks the assignment and transfer by the BCDA of all its usufructuary title, rights and interests in SCTEX to MPTDC.

In exchange for such assignment, MPTDC has proposed to pay BCDA certain concession fees and a share in future revenues over the life of the concession.

"When accepted, the proposed acquisition of SCTEX will strengthen MPTC's leadership position in the Philippine tollroad industry, increasing our share to approximately 67 percent in linear kilometers from the existing 33 percent," said Ramoncito Fernandez, MPTC president and chief executive officer.

"Ultimately, the motorists will benefit from the consolidation of the toll roads in Northern Luzon by providing them a seamless network of expressways, therefore reducing travel time and making 'motoring' all the more convenient," he said.

Under local regulations, unsolicited proposals under consideration should be subjected to a Swiss challenge, whereby other bidders will be entertained. But the original proponent has the right to match the offer of the best challenger.

Diversifying food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp., which recently bought into the private consortium building the P15-billion, Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway, has likewise earlier expressed interest on the SCTEX.

MPTC is a publicly listed infrastructure company that manages the expansion, operation and maintenance of the North Luzon Expressway.

MPTC effectively owns 67.1 percent of Manila North Tollways Corp. and 46 percent of Tollways Management Corp.

SCTEx, the biggest and most ambitious project to date of the state-owned Bases Conversion Development Authority, is a major infrastructure envisioned to serve as a backbone of development in the Central Luzon region.

The 93.77-kilometer, four-lane highway is divided into two major sections. The Subic-Clark section (Package 1) is 50.5 kilometers long while the Clark-Tarlac section (Package 2) spans 43.27 kilometers.

‘Roadtrains’ to ply SCTEx

By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:12:00 10/09/2009

Roadtrain
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/road-train-322058.jpg

MANILA, Philippines – International Heavy Trucks Center, a company currently registered with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, will introduce this quarter a new means to transport goods between the Clark and Subic Bay free ports, in a bid to reduce freight costs and make the transportation of goods more efficient.

According to SBMA administrator Armand Arreza, the “roadtrain,” a trucking system commonly used in Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Western Canada, would “mean big savings and provide a more efficient means of transporting goods between Clark and Subic.”

A roadtrain is composed of a conventional tractor and two or three trailers carrying goods that need to be transported between the two free ports.

Instead of the usual one trailer being pulled by a tractor, the tractor in a roadtrain setup will pull two or three trailers with the use of a trailer truck dolly.

“We’re sure that the trailer dollies will attract not only more investors and port users in the Subic and Clark free port zones, but also other importers and exporters from Central and Northern Luzon,” Arreza said in a statement.

He said the use of the roadtrain would also redound to lower freight costs since two or three trailers could be transported by a single tractor, instead of the usual one trailer.

“Being the first in the Philippines, this cost-saving mechanism is expected to encourage heavy port users in Central Luzon to use Subic, thus increasing shipments in the free port,” SBMA consultant for special projects and economic development Arthur delos Reyes said.

Initially, Delos Reyes related that IHTC would be using two “very safe and road-worthy” 90-foot trailer dollies for the roadtrain.

Roadtrain
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/road-train-322058.jpg

beautiful^^

http://www.europeanfulltrailerloads.co.uk/resources/road+train+1.jpg

http://www.infovisual.info/05/photo/road%20train.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Road_Train_Australia.jpg


Will it be able to manuever or turn when going out of the expressway?

Roadtrain
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/road-train-322058.jpg

beautiful^^

wow great concept. but i think we should first fix the LTO and the system of getting licenses. we can have the best highways and trucks in the world pero if any juan or pedro can get licenses, ganun din... chaos...

on a sidenote, this land train will be a badass decepticon once michael bay decides to use this...

Magandang Project eto!

‘Roadtrains’ to ply SCTEx

By Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:12:00 10/09/2009

Roadtrain
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/road-train-322058.jpg

MANILA, Philippines – International Heavy Trucks Center, a company currently registered with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, will introduce this quarter a new means to transport goods between the Clark and Subic Bay free ports, in a bid to reduce freight costs and make the transportation of goods more efficient.

According to SBMA administrator Armand Arreza, the “roadtrain,” a trucking system commonly used in Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Western Canada, would “mean big savings and provide a more efficient means of transporting goods between Clark and Subic.”

A roadtrain is composed of a conventional tractor and two or three trailers carrying goods that need to be transported between the two free ports.

Instead of the usual one trailer being pulled by a tractor, the tractor in a roadtrain setup will pull two or three trailers with the use of a trailer truck dolly.

“We’re sure that the trailer dollies will attract not only more investors and port users in the Subic and Clark free port zones, but also other importers and exporters from Central and Northern Luzon,” Arreza said in a statement.

He said the use of the roadtrain would also redound to lower freight costs since two or three trailers could be transported by a single tractor, instead of the usual one trailer.

“Being the first in the Philippines, this cost-saving mechanism is expected to encourage heavy port users in Central Luzon to use Subic, thus increasing shipments in the free port,” SBMA consultant for special projects and economic development Arthur delos Reyes said.

Initially, Delos Reyes related that IHTC would be using two “very safe and road-worthy” 90-foot trailer dollies for the roadtrain.

How fast could these long trains go? It may not be too difficult overtaking and/or maneuvering around them inside SCTEX but they would pose a problem if they are allowed outside SCTEX.

How fast could these long trains go? It may not be too difficult overtaking and/or maneuvering around them inside SCTEX but they would pose a problem if they are allowed outside SCTEX.

If im not mistaken each train has its own independent steering! Ive seen one work in a side street whereever the first train turn in the exact location the other train are program to steer at the exact location! Its like a caterpillar.

But on a cruising speed maybe it has a different mode of steering.

how bout laying down rail along the expressway? I'm sorry im not really familiar with the infrastructure but i thought id put it up there :D

The way the Filipino drivers were driving, it is too dangerous to drive alongside with these " truck trains " in SCTEX especially when turning in a curve.

In EDSA I am always apprehensive driving alongside with a big passenger Bus.

Roadtrain
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/road-train-322058.jpg

beautiful^^

wow great concept. but i think we should first fix the LTO and the system of getting licenses. we can have the best highways and trucks in the world pero if any juan or pedro can get licenses, ganun din... chaos...

on a sidenote, this land train will be a badass decepticon once michael bay decides to use this...

How fast could these long trains go? It may not be too difficult overtaking and/or maneuvering around them inside SCTEX but they would pose a problem if they are allowed outside SCTEX.

Exacto!, The main problem with those 18 wheelers with extra trailers are manuevering their trailers after exiting the freeways.

Those large haul trucks are not the ones that they are talking about. They will occupy 2 lanes of a regular highway. Those are monster hauling trucks that will just tear up a regular asphalt and even some concrete roads.

Just imagine the actual size of that truck:

http://www.etftrucks.nl/images/Afbeelding__hoofdpagina_1-2009.JPG/


The roadtrains that's being used on the freeways are just 18 wheelers with up to 2 or 3 trailers attached to it.

hmm... so gagawan siguro nila ng special exit para sa mga ganito nuh.. because i doubt magkasya ito sa toll plaza...

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Tanong ko lang po, bukas na ba ang Floridablanca at Porac Interchanges? Salamat po.

Tanong ko lang po, bukas na ba ang Floridablanca at Porac Interchanges? Salamat po.

as of today 4th November parehong close - actually may harang.

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You can see more photos of SCTEX in Jibrael Angel Blog :

http://jibrael.blogspot.com/2009/11/road-trip-from-clark-to-subic-via-sctex.html



Videos of SCTEX :


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as of today 4th November parehong close - actually may harang.

Thanks... kailan ba ang scheduled opening niyan? Hindi ba this year sila bubuksan aba'y December na next month.

IMO, i think the SCTEx was planned with limited foresight.....i noticed na 2 lanes lang per direction ang highway....so in the next few years or so, malamang congested na din ito. Compared to STAR (which is 2 lanes per direction also), there are more vehicles using the SCTEx. I like to know if there are plans/allocations for possible widening in the next couple of years?

bakit po yung SCTEX wala pa mga gas station along the highway katulad sa NLEX?

Thanks... kailan ba ang scheduled opening niyan? Hindi ba this year sila bubuksan aba'y December na next month.

matagal na bukas ang sctex...since last year pa...mag isang taon na yata...
i have been passing this gorgeous hiway almost every week ...

IMO, i think the SCTEx was planned with limited foresight.....i noticed na 2 lanes lang per direction ang highway....so in the next few years or so, malamang congested na din ito. Compared to STAR (which is 2 lanes per direction also), there are more vehicles using the SCTEx. I like to know if there are plans/allocations for possible widening in the next couple of years?

nope...mas marami ang dumadaan sa star kesa sctex...hindi pa masyadong aware ang mga tao na open na ito....ewan ko ba sa sctex bakit kulang sila sa patalastas...


bakit po yung SCTEX wala pa mga gas station along the highway katulad sa NLEX?

yup wala gas station dito....sa nlex ka mag pa gas or sa subic na or sa tarlac na....kaya make sure that when you travel....meron laman ang tangke nyo..

^^ magkakaroon daw ng mga gas stations dito... pero matatagalan pa... kasi may mga problema silang dapat i-consider... kagaya ng electricity... water... and also land...

Thanks... kailan ba ang scheduled opening niyan? Hindi ba this year sila bubuksan aba'y December na next month.

more than 1 year nang bukas ang SCTEX.

ang sarado pa ay yaong Porac Interchanges and Floridablanca Interchange.

i think pwede pa sya i expand sa gilid..d tulad sa 2 expressway malaki pa yung clearance ng center island kaya yun ang nilaparan...

Tanong ko lang po, bukas na ba ang Floridablanca at Porac Interchanges? Salamat po.

as of today 4th November parehong close - actually may harang.

Thanks... kailan ba ang scheduled opening niyan? Hindi ba this year sila bubuksan aba'y December na next month.

matagal na bukas ang sctex...since last year pa...mag isang taon na yata...
i have been passing this gorgeous hiway almost every week ...

more than 1 year nang bukas ang SCTEX.

ang sarado pa ay yaong Porac Interchanges and Floridablanca Interchange.


The question remains... Any update on the opening of these interchanges? Again, not asking about the SCTEx as a whole.

This is one lovely freeway. The view on both flanks reminds me of my quiet and laid back hometown. I actually love the way it is now. You can hardly see commercial structures around. It may be uncomfortable for travellers. But I hope it can be kept that way, and the greenery at both sides will be left unperturbed.

By the way, for those who would like to experience SCTEX but not owning a car, try Victory in Pasay and ask for the bus that travels along SCTEX to Subic. The latest Victory bus from Subic leaves at 2:30pm. The rest of the trips will be heading to Cubao.

This is one lovely freeway. The view on both flanks reminds me of my quiet and laid back hometown. I actually love the way it is now. You can hardly see commercial structures around. It may be uncomfortable for travellers. But I hope it can be kept that way, and the greenery at both sides will be left unperturbed.

By the way, for those who would like to experience SCTEX but not owning a car, try Victory in Pasay and ask for the bus that travels along SCTEX to Subic. The latest Victory bus from Subic leaves at 2:30pm. The rest of the trips will be heading to Cubao.

You can also board a Victory Bus for Subic via SCTEX, at Mabalacat Bus Station in Dau.

In Dau you can also ride in an FX passenger van for Subic or Bataan via SCTEX.

meron akong nakikitang theme park sa right side ng sctex pag exit mo ng luisita pabalik ka na ng manila....medyo malaki sya...would anybody know...the name of the place?

xevera ata un a

xevera ata un a

pano o san exit papunta ron...? would anybody know?

To reach Xevera Mabalacat, exit ka sa Dolores Exit and then travel towards Tarlac.

The question remains... Any update on the opening of these interchanges? Again, not asking about the SCTEx as a whole.

Actually tapos na yung mga interchanges... harang na lang talaga ang problema. Ano kaya ang hinihintay nila? Christmas opening?

Actually tapos na yung mga interchanges... harang na lang talaga ang problema. Ano kaya ang hinihintay nila? Christmas opening?

^^ang kulang talaga ay ang access road. Ang DPWH ang in-charge dito, hindi na ito sakot ng SCTEX/BCDA. Basta na lang naglagay sila ng interchange dito pero bahala na ang local/DPWH ang magconnect diyan. anyway isa na lang access road ang kulang.

SCTEX opens Porac interchange Wednesday
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
Manila Bulletin

The Porac interchange, the 11th interchange along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), will be opened to motorists Wednesday thus boosting access to more towns in Pampanga province.

Bases Conversion Development Authority President Narciso Abaya said the opening of the Porac interchange will further improve access and boost tourism and investment opportunities in the region.

Abaya said the Porac interchange would be the 11th interchange along SCTEX, which has total project cost of P32 billion. The original interchanges that have been opened to motorists are Tarlac, Luisita (San Miguel), Concepcion, Dolores, Clark north, Mabalacat, Dinalupihan and Tipo.

The Porac interchange is among the three additional interchanges in the SCTEX that includes Clark South, which opened last April 5, and Floridablanca, but which has yet to be opened.

President Gloria Arroyo will lead the opening ceremonies. She is expected to enter the SCTEX on her way to Porac and exit at the trumpet-type Porac interchange.

She will then proceed to Porac via the newly completed 5.8-km Porac access road and 40-meter bridge constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). President Arroyo will be accompanied by members of her official family.

Arroyo will be met by Abaya, BCDA Chairman Aloysius Santos, BCDA President and CEO Narciso Abaya, the BCDA Board of Directors and Tollways Management Corporation (TMC) President Ramon S. Fernandez.
Abaya said the Porac Interchange will augur well for the town’s tourism and agri-business sector.

“We now have a seamless connection between Manila and Porac not to mention between Porac and the two major freeport zones Clark and Subic. This makes Porac more attractive to investors,” Abaya noted.

Motorists from Manila entering SCTEX through the Mabalacat Toll plaza are advised to head towards the direction of Subic. The Porac Interchange will be the second interchange to the right or after the Clark South Interchange.
Motorists from Subic and Bataan who want to go to Porac are advised to go straight until they reach the Porac Interchange (between the Dinalupihan and Clark South Interchanges).

Likewise, motorists coming from the North entering the SCTEX Tarlac Toll Plaza, the Porac Interchange will be the fifth interchange to the right, passing by the interchanges of Concepcion, Clark North, Mabalacat, and Clark South.

A year after it was opened SCTEX needs major road repairs (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=527106&publicationSubCategoryId=67)
By Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star) Updated November 27, 2009 12:00 AM

MABALACAT, PAMPANGA , Philippines – More than a year after it was opened to Central Luzon motorists, the P32.8 billion Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway is already suffering from major road repairs, even if it has not yet been fully utilized, a House committee discovered yesterday.

The oversight committee headed by Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez learned that the 93-kilometer interchange already had road problems, after an ocular inspection showed that there had been asphalt overlays, apart from the lack of rest rooms for motorists.

House Deputy Majority Leader Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla raised the issue of comfort rooms for motorists, especially women travelers, considering the length of time that will be incurred, a concern that Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay confirmed.

“Everytime I use the SCTEX, I make sure that I drop by the Lakeshore for my personal necessities,” she told the panel, which was attended by some lawmakers, Bases Conversion Development Authority officials and covered by media.

Remulla, a congressman from Cavite, also pointed out that at a cost of P200 million per kilometer, the government seems to be put in a disadvantageous position because the road warranty is just good for one year.

“Ang daming repairs at the cost of P200 million per kilometer. And we’re talking here of less than a year,” he stressed.

Suarez explained to BCDA officials, led by Eduardo Lena, program manager for engineering and operations, that roads that have been funded by the Asian Development Bank “are guaranteed to last for 50 years.”

“We are concerned with the escalation of prices. It’s very difficult to explain to motorists why there are so many repairs. Personally, I’m disappointed because there are no rest rooms, even for women. And there’s re-blocking, resurfacing,” he told newsmen.

The BCDA is seeking additional P6.2-billion budget to finish the project.

Nothing wrong

There is nothing illegal with the construction of an interchange along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) leading to the Cojuangcos’ Hacienda Luisita in Concepcion, Tarlac, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said yesterday.

“I don’t think there was any violation of law in this case,” Suarez, chairman of the House oversight committee, told a hearing of his panel on delays in the completion of SCTEX.

However, he said he would not rule out the possibility that there is an ethical issue involved in the construction of the Luisita interchange.

“If the hacienda owners lobbied for it, they in effect influenced government decision to enhance the market value of their property,” he said.

The family of the late President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino controls the large sugar plantation, though hacienda workers own more than 33 percent of it.

Mrs. Aquino’s only son, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, is seeking the presidency under the Liberal Party banner.

Remulla, an ally of Aquino’s Nacionalista Party opponent Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., has accused the Cojuangco’s of profiting from the interchange and the expropriation of road right-of-way worth P84 million.

He claims that the government paid Luisita owners P100 per square meter of the 83.9 hectares it acquired from them in ROW when the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s zonal values pegged the price at only P6-P8 per square meter.

Suarez’s committee tried to verify the Villar ally’s accusation but found out that the amount the state paid for ROW was even lower than the Luisita land’s fair market value.

Lawyer Regina Lapuz of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) told the committee that the agency had asked an independent appraiser to assess the property, which was valued at P150 per square meter.

“The BCDA board set a maximum price of P120, but Luisita was paid only P100 per square meter,” she said.

Some committee members lamented the fact that presidential politics has been injected into an inquiry into the delays in SCTEX and its additional cost of P6 billion, which Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. had sought in Resolution 433.

They said the investigation has lost its focus.

^^ang kulang talaga ay ang access road. Ang DPWH ang in-charge dito, hindi na ito sakot ng SCTEX/BCDA. Basta na lang naglagay sila ng interchange dito pero bahala na ang local/DPWH ang magconnect diyan. anyway isa na lang access road ang kulang.

SCTEX opens Porac interchange Wednesday
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
Manila Bulletin

The Porac interchange, the 11th interchange along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), will be opened to motorists Wednesday thus boosting access to more towns in Pampanga province.



Good news. Na sideline ang balitang to due to Maguindanao massacre.

Vehicles using SCTEX soar 162%
By Ma. Elisa P. Osorio (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines - Vehicles using the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) more than doubled since it started operating two years ago, the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) said.

Data from the state run agency showed that vehicle traffic soared by 162.2 percent during the first 11 months of this year.

From April 2008, when the road network opened, to December 2008, total traffic volume at SCTEX was only at 2.29 million vehicles. But for the first 11 months this year, traffic volume increased to 6.12 million vehicles.

“Once people have experienced the convenience and reduction in travel time, they will keep on using it. So this awareness has resulted in more usage of the SCTEX,” BCDA vice president Aileen Zosa said.

Likewise, cash revenues generated by SCTEX more than doubled from P166.6 million in 2008 to P429.59 million in 2009.


The six bidders of SCTEX are Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., STAR Tollways Corp., Alvin B. Bugtas representing the Citra Group, San Miguel Corp., Amicus Holdings Inc. and IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd.

Last November, BCDA opened the SCTEX data room at the Bonifacio Technology Center in Taguig City, following the bidders’ request that they be provided all the information needed to come up with an accurate and realistic offer.

Five out of six bidders have visited the place and gathered such relevant data as the actual traffic volume and revenue, traffic study and operations manual. A separate data room – for engineering plans, drawings and technical specifications – is also available at the BCDA construction and engineering project management office in Clark.

Under the SCTEX privatization program, the winning bidder will enter into a lease or concession agreement with BCDA to manage, operate and maintain the SCTEX on “as is, where is,” basis for a period of 33 and a half years until 2043.

The winning bidder will be responsible for the operational funding requirements in running the country’s longest tollway, including periodic maintenance and emergency works, which will be covered by a performance security. 

The private sector partner will also arrange for the insurance of the toll road. BCDA will receive a semi-annual lease/concession fee from the winning bidder, amounting to either: the peso equivalent of yen-dominated JBIC/JICA loan debt servicing as well as all financing charges payable to BCDA 10 days prior to its due dates secured by a rolling five-year letter of credit; or 20 percent of audited gross revenues whichever is higher.

hindi ko na naman na subaybayan tong thread na to. so ano ba talaga tong sctex na to? sakop ba siya ng luisita? kumita ba ang mga pamilya aquino dito?

^^ The San Miguel Interchange (one of two exits in Tarlac City) is reportedly built within Hacienda Luisita, and the Aquinos reportedly received a huge sum. Hence all this SCTEx controversy hounding Noynoy.

^^^^ many issues to come..lol

Lahat naman meh kickback jan sa mga projects, SOP na sa mga Pinoy buwaya yan. Importante napapakinabangan ng masa mga proyektong ito.

yun na nga ang masama e.. nakikinabang tayong mga publiko sa project na yan.. e pano naman yung mga farmer ng luisita na pinangakuan ng lupa tapos yun pala gagawing daan lang.. pero okay na yun at least may daan pero sana kung manalo man siya.. "i hope not" e ibigay niya yung mga hinihingi ng mga farmers at mabigyan ng hustiya yung luisita massacre victims..

ei, may nanghuhuli na ba dyan sa mga overspeeders?

kasi nung dumaan ako dyan, nag 195kph ako e pero wala sumita sakin.

meron ako hinahabol na hyundai coupe, ngets! napakatulin. di kinaya ng sasakyan ko. siguro nasa 230kph yon

ei, may nanghuhuli na ba dyan sa mga overspeeders?

kasi nung dumaan ako dyan, nag 195kph ako e pero wala sumita sakin.

meron ako hinahabol na hyundai coupe, ngets! napakatulin. di kinaya ng sasakyan ko. siguro nasa 230kph yon


Ichou! Wag masyadong mabilis iho... :lol: Mawawalan kami ng Northrail Updates pag ikaw ay naaksidente. he he he.... Tama na yung 120kph.... :cheers:

Ichou! Wag masyadong mabilis iho... :lol: Mawawalan kami ng Northrail Updates pag ikaw ay naaksidente. he he he.... Tama na yung 120kph.... :cheers:


waaaaaaah!

toink!!
Hecky, pati ba naman dito sa thread na 2 nakapunta ka,??:lol::lol:

Hehehe.. ang bilis mu talaga, kasing bilis mu ang car ku na tumatakbo ng 200 kph sa NLEX.:lol:

di muna kelangan savihin yan,,

automatic na alam na ng management na umangkin sila ng lupa sa luisita, kaya dapat isipin nila na meron cila nasagasaan na Farmlands, cino ba di magagalit sa ganyang sistema.:bash:

kahit ba maraming patrol cars sa NLEX then maraming overspeeding na naka-slot jan, di rin nila makikita un, sa dami ng vehicle na tu-ma-travel jan no, isa na rin aku sa over speeding, mag patakbo...:lol:

Ooops, sorry, brother ko pala nag-d-drive ng car,,
More than 220 kph ata ang bilis namin, then siguro, nasa Overtaking lane kami kaya di napansin..:cheers:

^^ 220 kph is too fast. im sorry to say this but please be responsible. you are compromising the safety of other motorists on this road.

^^ Yup, that's too fast. Just yesterday via SCTEx from La Paz (going to NLEx), we passed by two vehicles that had accidents, about 500m apart from each other. One got turned over (apparently due to overspeeding), and the other seemed to hit the railing on the shoulder side.

ei, may nanghuhuli na ba dyan sa mga overspeeders?

kasi nung dumaan ako dyan, nag 195kph ako e pero wala sumita sakin.

meron ako hinahabol na hyundai coupe, ngets! napakatulin. di kinaya ng sasakyan ko. siguro nasa 230kph yon

If you maintain that speed for at least three hours, you will be in Baguio City in no time. Kulang lang talaga rito expressway. Teka, may updates ba tayo para sa TPLUEx? Sana four lanes agad para arangkada na!

This expressway is breathtaking and splendid! I love the greenery.. Sana lang tunnel na lang yung ginamit nila.

More importantly, I think, this sort of extremely irresponsible driving endangers the lives of other motorists and their passengers. Not impressive at all, I'm afraid.

Also 120 kph is still above and beyond the speed limit - it's there for everyone's safety and not for some show-off to break just to derive childish and dangerous thrill and excitement at the expense of other responsible motorists.

Ichou! Wag masyadong mabilis iho... :lol: Mawawalan kami ng Northrail Updates pag ikaw ay naaksidente. he he he.... Tama na yung 120kph.... :cheers:

From Mabalacat Interchange to Tarlac Interchange

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From Tarlac Interchange to Mabalacat Interchange

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Mabalacat Interchange to Subic Interchange / Subic Tipo-Road

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This is one lovely freeway. The view on both flanks reminds me of my quiet and laid back hometown. I actually love the way it is now. You can hardly see commercial structures around. It may be uncomfortable for travellers. But I hope it can be kept that way, and the greenery at both sides will be left unperturbed.

By the way, for those who would like to experience SCTEX but not owning a car, try Victory in Pasay and ask for the bus that travels along SCTEX to Subic. The latest Victory bus from Subic leaves at 2:30pm. The rest of the trips will be heading to Cubao.

Maganda nga sa SCTEX.... maganda ang greeneries doon and you cannot see billboards there... :) ay, malinis sa mata yan!!:lol::nuts:

ei sorry naman po, naexcite lang ako sa sctex kasi bago tapos bago din car ko so speedtest.net lang. LOL

Another accident along SCTEX - reportedly the result of zero visibility due to fires along the expressway. The expressway management should find a way to control these fires and the LGUs should seriously pitch in to prevent such tragic incidents.

^^ fire + smoke + overspeeding... irresponsible drivers. :ohno: they should slow down when visibility is poor.

^^ fire + smoke + overspeeding... irresponsible drivers. :ohno: they should slow down when visibility is poor.

..This country has no known Road Rules, so this accident cant be avoided

I happen to witness the accident yesterday. I was driving on the Manila-bound lane. At first, I was curious why there were no vehicles on the Baguio-bound lane when I entered the expressway in the Hacienda Luisita Exit. After I crossed the long bridge after Concepcion, TMC put up safety cones, thus rendering the Manila-bound lane only 1 lane passable. I initially thought they were doing some repair. A kilometer away from the foot of the bridge there I saw 8 vehicles wrecked. The Avanza was the most damaged vehicle. And also I saw the burning cogon on the side. And traffic was backing up to Dolores Exit. TMC put up safety cones so that other vehicles can counterflow on the Manila-bound lane, also they made some vehicles u-turned to Dolores Exit.

Bukas na pala Porac Interchange... kailan naman kaya Floridablanca?

http://www.bcda.gov.ph/news_articles/show/33

SCTEX bidders given until January 4 to submit proposals

Author: BCDA
Posted: December 03, 2009 | Category: SCTEX

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) recently extended the deadline for submission of the bid to operate, manage and maintain the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) one month from the original deadline.

BCDA vice president & chief finance officer Victor V. Zablan said the last day of submission of entries was extended from December 4, 2009 to January 4, 2010, to give the six participating companies more time to prepare their bids.

The BCDA announced the revised timetable of activities to the six bidders—namely, the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, STAR Tollways Corporation, Atty. Alvin B. Bugtas representing the Citra Group, San Miguel Corporation, Amicus Holdings, Inc. and IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. through a bid bulletin issued last November 27, 2009.

Under the same advisory, the Issuance of Notice of Award was also moved from January 21 to January 22, 2010. The subsequent contract signing and Issuance of Notice to Proceed will be on February 22, 2010.

Last 16 November 2009, BCDA opened the SCTEX data room at the Bonifacio Technology Center in Taguig City, following the bidders’ request that they be provided all the information needed to come up with an accurate and realistic offer. Five out of six bidders have visited the place and gathered such relevant data as the actual traffic volume and revenue, traffic study and operations manual, Zablan said. A separate data room—for engineering plans, drawings and technical specifications—is also available at the BCDA construction and engineering project management office in Clark. Both the BCDA Taguig and Clark SCTEX data rooms are open to the bidders until December 23, 2009, except Sundays and holidays, Zablan said.

Under the SCTEX privatization program, the winning bidder will enter into a lease or concession agreement with BCDA to manage, operate and maintain the SCTEX on “as is, where is,” basis for a period of 33 and a half years until 2043.

The winning bidder will be responsible for the operational funding requirements in running the country’s longest tollway, including periodic maintenance and emergency works, which will be covered by a performance security.

The private sector partner will also arrange for the insurance of the 93.77-kilometer toll road.

BCDA will receive a semi-annual lease/concession fee from the winning bidder, amounting to either: the peso equivalent of yen-dominated JBIC/JICA loan debt servicing as well as all financing charges payable to BCDA 10 days prior to its due dates secured by a rolling five-year letter of credit; or twenty percent of audited gross revenues whichever is higher.

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Ano?! Kasama ang bwisit na Citra at STAR Tollway? Baka matulad sa SLEx at STAR iyan kapag nagkataon!!! Hindi maari! Sa Metro Pacific na lang!

Tarlac-Pagnasinan-La Union Expressway to be Completed
http://www.centralluzon.com/content/view/212/9/

TPLEX (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway) project is set to start in April this year and expected to be completed in June, 2010.

Jesus Jacobe, project management head of the Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIBC) said that the 55.58- kilometer TPLEX will reduce travel time from Manila to Baguio by another two hours.

PIDC is the private contractor, while the DPWH-BOT-PMO (Department of Public Works and Highways Build- Operate- Transfer Project management Office) is the government agency implementing the project.

With the finishing point and operation of TPLEX, travel time from Manila to Baguio will take only between three and four hours. Other benefits include improved access for local fa5rm procedure, reduced road accidents, regional growth and vehicle-emission reduction.

TPLEX will be linked to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac-Expressway (SCTEX) exit in Balingcanaway, Tarlac City. It will pass through the towns of Victoria, Gerona, Paniqui, Moncada and Anao in Tarlac; Carmen, Urdaneta and Pozurubio in Pangasinan; and Rosario in la Union.

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Wow, three hours na lang ang Baguio! Parang Nueva Ecija lang before SCTEx.

June 2010?? really??

^^ I think the Tarlac to Carmen section (one lane each direction) ang target nila na matatapos this year 2010 and the whole expressway up to La Union is 2013.

^^ I think the Tarlac to Carmen section (one lane each direction) ang target nila na matatapos this year 2010 and the whole expressway up to La Union is 2013.

Sana nga pinalusot na nila sa Urdaneta para sure na walang trapik pero still, Rosales' trapik lalo na sa harap ng SM is terrible. Mas malala pa sa Urdaneta at Tarlac na pinaghalo. 1 hour kaming na-stuck diyan sa trapik noong nagpunta ako ng Baguio.

Sana nga pinalusot na nila sa Urdaneta para sure na walang trapik pero still, Rosales' trapik lalo na sa harap ng SM is terrible. Mas malala pa sa Urdaneta at Tarlac na pinaghalo. 1 hour kaming na-stuck diyan sa trapik noong nagpunta ako ng Baguio.

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Habang wala pa ang TPLEx, gamitin mo itong alternate route La Paz, Guimba, Cuyapo, Rosales, Asingan, and Binalonan. This will bypass the heavy traffic at Carmen and Urdaneta. This route is around 20 km longer then using mc arthur highway but walang sasakyan dumadaan dito, you can run average speed of 80+ kph. kaya in 2 hrs time nasa kennon kana from the La paz exit ng sctex.

Alternate route to Baguio through SCTEx (http://www.aaphilippines.org/roadsafety/pdf/route%20to%20Baguio%20through%20SCTEx.pdf)

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Habang wala pa ang TPLEx, gamitin mo itong alternate route La Paz, Guimba, Cuyapo, Rosales, Asingan, and Binalonan. This will bypass the heavy traffic at Carmen and Urdaneta. This route is around 20 km longer then using mc arthur highway but walang sasakyan dumadaan dito, you can run average speed of 80+ kph. kaya in 2 hrs time nasa kennon kana from the La paz exit ng sctex.

Alternate route to Baguio through SCTEx (http://www.aaphilippines.org/roadsafety/pdf/route%20to%20Baguio%20through%20SCTEx.pdf)

Bro, naka-bus po kami... kung kotse sana ok lang pero since we are using a bus e wala. Kahit nga deluxe hindi dumaraan dito, they still prefer MacArthur Highway.

Tarlac-Pagnasinan-La Union Expressway to be Completed
http://www.centralluzon.com/content/view/212/9/

^^ I think the Tarlac to Carmen section (one lane each direction) ang target nila na matatapos this year 2010 and the whole expressway up to La Union is 2013.

Sa tingin ko nga yung Phase I ang sinasabi nung news report. Misleading na naman. Tsk.

Kahit na phase 1 pa ang sinasabi dyan sa article mukhang imposible pa din ang June 2010 sa phase 1. Huling news update na nakita ko few months back is nag reready pa lang sila for right of way aquisition. May nakakaalam ba dito kung nagkaroon ng significant development after noong news na iyon para matapos nila phase 1 by june 2010?

Im a regular user of SCTEX laking ginhawa talaga nito. Kararating ko lang now from Pangasinan and i used SCTEX from Tarlac to NLEX. Travel time ko kanina is 15mins @ 120kph, pag mcArthur ako sa mabalacat aabutin ako ng 1 hour to get to NLEX.

Im a regular user of SCTEX laking ginhawa talaga nito. Kararating ko lang now from Pangasinan and i used SCTEX from Tarlac to NLEX. Travel time ko kanina is 15mins @ 120kph, pag mcArthur ako sa mabalacat aabutin ako ng 1 hour to get to NLEX.

agree....am a regular sctex user 2....twice weekly halos...when i go to work on mondays and return on fridays....laking ginhawa...

SMC teams up with Star Tollways for SCTEX bidding (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=538080&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) Updated January 05, 2010 12:00 AM



MANILA, Philippines - Diversifying food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has teamed up with Star Tollways Corp. to bid for the P27-billion Subic-Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the country’s longest expressway.

San Miguel and Star Tollways have formed a new company, Northlink Toll Management Inc., to serve as their corporate vehicle for the proposed project. The new firm, which applied for business registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has an initial authorized capital stock of P1 million, divided into one million shares with a par value of P1 apiece.

San Miguel subscribed to 150,000 shares of Northlink while Star Tollways subscribed to 100,000 shares.

Documents filed with the SEC show that Northlink shall engage in and carry on the management, operation and or maintenance of the SCTEX project including periodic maintenance works, special/major/ emergency works, and all other additional works.

San Miguel and Star Tollways were two of the six companies that bought bid documents and attended the pre-bid conference last Nov. 10.

The other four companies that expressed interest to manage and operate the SCTEX include Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corp., the Citra Group, Amicus Holdings Inc., and IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd.

This bidding is expected to revive the rivalry between San Miguel and Metro Pacific which earlier found themselves in a fierce battle for control of power utility giant Manila Electric Co. and eventually, copper-gold producer Philex Mining Corp.

San Miguel Corp. has marked its entry into the infrastructure sector by acquiring a 35-percent stake in the Private Infrastructure Development Corp. that will build the 88-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway project through its subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares Inc. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) is one of India’s leading infrastructure development and finance companies.

Under the SCTEX privatization program, the winning bidder will enter into a lease or concession agreement with the Bases Conversion Development Authority to operate the SCTEX on “as is, where is,” basis for a period of 33 and a half years from April 28, 2010 to Oct. 30, 2043.

The winning bidder will be responsible for the operational funding requirements in running the SCTEX, including periodic maintenance and emergency works, which will be covered by a performance security.

The private sector partner shall also arrange for the insurance of the toll road. BCDA will receive a semi-annual lease/concession fee from the winning bidder, amounting to either: the peso equivalent of yen-dominated JBIC/JICA loan debt servicing as well as all financing charges payable to BCDA 10 days prior to its due dates secured by a rolling five-year letter of credit; or 20 percent of audited gross revenues whichever is higher.

SCTEx, the BCDA’s biggest and most ambitious project to date, is a major infrastructure envisioned to serve as a backbone of development in the Central Luzon region.

The 93.77-kilometer, four-lane highway transverses Bataan, Pampanga and Tarlac and provides a direct link between Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Clark Freeport Zone and Tarlac City.

The SCTEX was designed to make it easier for businesses to transport equipment and make their way from the various points in Subic to the various cities in Central Luzon.

agree....am a regular sctex user 2....twice weekly halos...when i go to work on mondays and return on fridays....laking ginhawa...


Whenever I go home to Capas, Tarlac from Manila, I used to take the Mabalacat route instead of passing by Concepcion, Tarlac. But ever since SCTEX was built, travel time is a LOOOOOOOT faster. :)

^^ I think the Tarlac to Carmen section (one lane each direction) ang target nila na matatapos this year 2010 and the whole expressway up to La Union is 2013.

One lane lang in each direction?:ohno: dapat 2 lanes per direction... yun yung common. Kaya na nga gawin ng SCTEX ang 2 lanes in each direction eh... Just do the SCTEX style nalang....:)

Mas masarap ang biyahe. :)

One lane lang in each direction?:ohno: dapat 2 lanes per direction... yun yung common. Kaya na nga gawin ng SCTEX ang 2 lanes in each direction eh... Just do the SCTEX style nalang....:)

Mas masarap ang biyahe. :)

un ang susunod na phase i believe...

un ang susunod na phase i believe...

If ever matuloy ung hanggang La Union, sobrang dali na magpunta ng baguio nun... Di na dadaan ng macarthur highway kung san, sobrang trapik

If ever matuloy ung hanggang La Union, sobrang dali na magpunta ng baguio nun... Di na dadaan ng macarthur highway kung san, sobrang trapik

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sana magkakaroon din ng tollway papuntang Baguio gaya ng ganito sa China.

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sana magkakaroon din ng tollway papuntang Baguio gaya ng ganito sa China.


Yeah! Ang travel time ngayon from Manila to Baguio e almost 6 hours. Just imagine kung magkaroon ng tollway papunt baguio na nakadikit sa NLEX tapos SCTEX. Ung 6 hours palagay ko magiging less than 4 hours na lang.. hehehe

Yeah! Ang travel time ngayon from Manila to Baguio e almost 6 hours. Just imagine kung magkaroon ng tollway papunt baguio na nakadikit sa NLEX tapos SCTEX. Ung 6 hours palagay ko magiging less than 4 hours na lang.. hehehe

3 hours actually sa mga calculations ng mga engineers... imagine, possible na ang day trips to Baguio parang Cabanatuan lang dati. Malulugi mga hotel owners niyan.

di ba ang china nalilindol din? kung sa pilipinas ganyana ng gagawin medyo talagang sakripisyo yan, dahil prone sa lindol ang pilipinas, tapos samahan mo pa ng di stable ang soil dahil sa mga landslides at laging binabagyo.

di ba ang china nalilindol din? kung sa pilipinas ganyana ng gagawin medyo talagang sakripisyo yan, dahil prone sa lindol ang pilipinas, tapos samahan mo pa ng di stable ang soil dahil sa mga landslides at laging binabagyo.



Sa ngayon, di pa bagay sa pilipinas na mag-construct ng tollway tulad ng sa china, kasi tama sinabi mo na lindulin ang pilipinas at marami pang landslide sa mga bundok.

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sana magkakaroon din ng tollway papuntang Baguio gaya ng ganito sa China.

Nice! Ang ganda nga! sana ganyan na rin ang Expressway sa Pilipinas...

di ba ang china nalilindol din? kung sa pilipinas ganyana ng gagawin medyo talagang sakripisyo yan, dahil prone sa lindol ang pilipinas, tapos samahan mo pa ng di stable ang soil dahil sa mga landslides at laging binabagyo.

Pwede ba gawing Anti-Earthquake ang mga daan na yan... edi ok na...

Remember yung lindol sa China dati (Magnitude 8 ba yun...) Naayos nila ang mga daan and expressways wala pa 1 year!

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Ang landslides... dahil lang sa mga illegal loggers lang yan... kundi di magkakaroon ng landslide yan eh...

Ano?! Kasama ang bwisit na Citra at STAR Tollway? Baka matulad sa SLEx at STAR iyan kapag nagkataon!!! Hindi maari! Sa Metro Pacific na lang!

Metro Pacific makakakuha niyan panigurado kasi determinado si Manuel V. Pangilinan na kunin ito kasi nag-lobby siya sa paggawa ng SCTEX noon besides na isa siyang Kapampangan. Si MVP rin ang may vision na magkaroon ng seamless at integrated na expressway sa Pilipinas by connecting SCTEX-NLEX-Skyway-SLEX-STAR. Maganda talaga ang hangarin ni MVP sa ating bansa.:cheers:

About sa STAR Tollway, ka-team up naman nila ang San Miguel kaya walang problema sa pera. Remember, San Miguel ay isang napaka-yamang kumpanya. Kung nagkataon mang mapunta sa San Miguel-STAR Tollway ang SCTEX, hindi naman mag-mumukhang STAR ang SCTEX sa future dahil nga sa pag-team up ng STAR Tollway sa San Miguel. Makikinabang ang mga Cojuangco na may ari ng San Miguel sa SCTEX kaya mame-maintain ito. Tarlac=Cojuangco=SCTEX.:)

Sa Citra naman, may minority stake ang Metro Pacific sa Indonesian company na ito. Eto related na news article:http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusiness.htm?f=2009/november/13/business5.isx&d=/2009/november/13
Hindi rin magiging Skyway yung SCTEX pag nagkataong mabili ito ng Citra. In fact, dahil sa pag-bili sa shares ng Citra ng Metro Pacific, mas gumaganda ngayon ang Skyway. Tulad ng pag-pintura sa mga toll booths ng blue at may pintura na sa mga toll booths divider. May ilaw na nga ang ilalim ng SKyway na dati ay wala. Lahat ng ito ay nangyari dahil sa Metro Pacific. Kaya do not worry at all.:)

Whew. IMHO, sa Metro Pacific mapupunta ang SCTEX. Kung sa iba, don't worry, hindi mapapabayaan ang 94 kilometer expressway na iyan.:)

Ang haba ano.:lol:

Metro Pacific makakakuha niyan panigurado kasi determinado si Manuel V. Pangilinan na kunin ito kasi nag-lobby siya sa paggawa ng SCTEX noon besides na isa siyang Kapampangan. Si MVP rin ang may vision na magkaroon ng seamless at integrated na expressway sa Pilipinas by connecting SCTEX-NLEX-Skyway-SLEX-STAR. Maganda talaga ang hangarin ni MVP sa ating bansa.:cheers:

About sa STAR Tollway, ka-team up naman nila ang San Miguel kaya walang problema sa pera. Remember, San Miguel ay isang napaka-yamang kumpanya. Kung nagkataon mang mapunta sa San Miguel-STAR Tollway ang SCTEX, hindi naman mag-mumukhang STAR ang SCTEX sa future dahil nga sa pag-team up ng STAR Tollway sa San Miguel. Makikinabang ang mga Cojuangco na may ari ng San Miguel sa SCTEX kaya mame-maintain ito. Tarlac=Cojuangco=SCTEX.:)

Sa Citra naman, may minority stake ang Metro Pacific sa Indonesian company na ito. Eto related na news article:http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusiness.htm?f=2009/november/13/business5.isx&d=/2009/november/13
Hindi rin magiging Skyway yung SCTEX pag nagkataong mabili ito ng Citra. In fact, dahil sa pag-bili sa shares ng Citra ng Metro Pacific, mas gumaganda ngayon ang Skyway. Tulad ng pag-pintura sa mga toll booths ng blue at may pintura na sa mga toll booths divider. May ilaw na nga ang ilalim ng SKyway na dati ay wala. Lahat ng ito ay nangyari dahil sa Metro Pacific. Kaya do not worry at all.:)

Whew. IMHO, sa Metro Pacific mapupunta ang SCTEX. Kung sa iba, don't worry, hindi mapapabayaan ang 94 kilometer expressway na iyan.:)

Ang haba ano.:lol:

Kudos to MVP for wanting world class infrastructures in the Philippines! Sana maraming katulad niya. Good to see people in the private sector stepping up like him!!!

^^ That's what I like about MVP, his vision for the country. I hope the expressway extension to La Union that his group and SMC are pushing will become a reality.

Just wanna share to you guys my experience going to Subic last Friday along SCTEx. Very scenic views along the way and excellent roadway. Ang bilis ng byahe namin. 30 mins lang from Clark to Subic exit :nuts: Sana wag talaga magkaroon ng mga billboards along the way.

May tanong lang ako, bakit yung Tipo "espressway" meh bayad? Tapos hiwalay pa yung toll booth nya. Parang nakakatanga lang kz dun din naman daan mo, though mas mabilis nga sa pagkolekta ng toll fees, hassle naman sa mga road users.

Second question: Bakit hindi padin bukas ang Floridablanca Exit?

^^ That's what I like about MVP, his vision for the country. I hope the expressway extension to La Union that his group and SMC are pushing will become a reality.

Just wanna share to you guys my experience going to Subic last Friday along SCTEx. Very scenic views along the way and excellent roadway. Ang bilis ng byahe namin. 30 mins lang from Clark to Subic exit :nuts: Sana wag talaga magkaroon ng mga billboards along the way.

May tanong lang ako, bakit yung Tipo "espressway" meh bayad? Tapos hiwalay pa yung toll booth nya. Parang nakakatanga lang kz dun din naman daan mo, though mas mabilis nga sa pagkolekta ng toll fees, hassle naman sa mga road users.

Second question: Bakit hindi padin bukas ang Floridablanca Exit?


Oo nga... Sana nga walang bill boards... Ang linis sa mata!:lol:

At, maganda ang greeneries doon...

Kakadaan ko lang rin noong January 2 eh... Ang bilis nga eh... Meron pa sportscar na dumaan... Put*k, ang bilis nya!:nuts:

About Tipo "espressway", yung first toll booth ay para sa bayad, second toll booth naman ay para sa check point ba yun...

Tapos 18 Pesos pa babayarin...:nuts:

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Toll Plaza...

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Tipo Expressway

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Nung pagdaan namin sa SCTEX, medyo umaalon yung sasakyan namin...:nuts:

Medyo di pantay na kasi ang daan... lalo na pagdaan mo ng isang tulay...:nuts:

Oo nga... Sana nga walang bill boards... Ang linis sa mata!:lol:

At, maganda ang greeneries doon...

Kakadaan ko lang rin noong January 2 eh... Ang bilis nga eh... Meron pa sportscar na dumaan... Put*k, ang bilis nya!:nuts:

About Tipo "espressway", yung first toll booth ay para sa bayad, second toll booth naman ay para sa check point ba yun...

Tapos 18 Pesos pa babayarin...:nuts:

Dapat lang talaga siguraduhin mong meh gas ka pag dumaan ka dito. Kung hindi, tepok :nuts:

The first toll booth ay yung sa bayad for using the SCTEx. The second toll booth naman ay para sa bayad for using the Subic Tipo "Expressway". Though madali nga sa kanila t collect what is due form them, ang hassle naman sa motorista. Bwisit na bwisit nga yung driver namin eh. :nuts:

Ganda ng SCTEX!

Ganda nga. Thanks Dewlin for the photos! Para na rin akong nagdrive along this highway.
Parang dapat yata tunnel na lang ang ginawa sa bundok katulad nung sa China. Less alteration sa landscape.

Speaking of sportscar and luxury cars, buti hindi to naiisip gawing ala Autobahn ng mga mayayamang motorists.

kuya delwin, nakabuntot ka kay fortuner.

DI KO MHANAP YUNG TARLAC LA UNION EXPRESSWAY NA THREAD... pero NABASA KO ITO KAYA IPOST KO DIN, (yung nakabold about Tarlac La Union Expressway) I JUST WANT TO VERIFY IF THIS REPORT IS TRUE THAT TLUEx construction HAS ALREADY BEGUN... THANKS, IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS ABOUT THIS PLEASE SHARE or ANY UPDATES...

Article (from MRT Thread)

Two rail stops to open in EDSA

The Light Rail Transit Authority said new stations will open next month after its number of riders climbed to 149.44 million in 2009, 2 percent more than the previous year’s record of 145.83 million.

LRTA Administrator Melquiades Robles said the number of passengers carried was expected to rise further with the North Extension project, which would be operational in February.

The rail loop project has been alloted P6.3 billion to put up a 5.7-km elevated section from Monumento station of LRT line 1 to the North Avenue station of Metro Rail 3 on Edsa in Quezon City.

Stations will be opened in Balintawak and Roosevelt to be followed by the Common Station in front of SM Annex along with the Malvar stop in Caloocan City.

“We now have more trains and bigger stations with more tellers,” Robles said.

Construction of several big-ticket projects in Luzon is likely to begin soon with their approval by the National Economic and Development Authority.

These projects include the dredging of Laguna Lake; Metro Rail Transit Line 7, which will build a line from Quezon Avenue to San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan; Southrail Phase 1A connecting Calamba to Lucena; and the extension of LRT 1 to Cavite.

Ruben Reinoso, assistant director general for infrastructure, regulation and contract review services at the national planning agency, said the projects should generate “a lot of employment.”

One major project, the Tarlac-La Union Toll Expressway, has already begun, with the private consortium going ahead with construction even without the government’s counterpart funding, Reinoso said.

The terms of the dredging of Laguna Lake have been approved and the project is awaiting financing from the Belgian government, he said.

The 23-km MRT 7 and its 22-km access road project are also set for construction. While the Southrail and LRT projects are awaiting Chinese funding. Jeremiah F. de Guzman and Roderick T. dela Cruz

Ganda ng SCTEX!

Maganda nga ang sceneries ng SCTEX... walang Billboards kasi eh... :lol:

Pero di na masyado maganda ang daan... di sya smooth...

Kasi parang umaalon na pagdaan namin eh... (di masyado pantay ang daan due to some roadworks...):nuts:

But, mas gusto ko ang SCTEX kaysa sa NLEX.:)

kuya delwin, nakabuntot ka kay fortuner.

Syempre. Kasi Kasabay namin nung papunta namin sa Subic. :)
Mas alam nya ang daan kaya nakabuntot kami kay fortuner. :lol:


**Its Dewlin. hindi Delwin. :lol:

Syempre. Kasi Kasabay namin nung papunta namin sa Subic. :)
Mas alam nya ang daan kaya nakabuntot kami kay fortuner. :lol:


**Its Dewlin. hindi Delwin. :lol:

ah kaya pala.

hahaha:lol: gising kapa Ichuo Mx, nga pala, na-miss lang ako ng kunti sa thread marami na pinag bago:D, nice pics nga pala, sana mapadaan din ako jan para makita ko kung gaano kaganda ang expressway sa north:D

hahaha:lol: gising kapa Ichuo Mx, nga pala, na-miss lang ako ng kunti sa thread marami na pinag bago:D, nice pics nga pala, sana mapadaan din ako jan para makita ko kung gaano kaganda ang expressway sa north:D

opo, ganito po kasi gising ko, work mode eh. :)

^^Impressive,We need more infrastructures like SCTEX,paano na ang Tarlac-La Union nagsimula na ba?

yup nag simula na....ramdam ang kaunlaran di ba?

yup nag simula na....ramdam ang kaunlaran di ba?

aywan kung kaunlaran na masasabi yaon, dahil maraming commisssions, lagay, etc sila families, kamag-anak, friends, and supporters of the Queen in the Palace, devils politicians, and bureaucrats.

panay utang namang lahat ang mga government projects na iyan or BOT (kahit BOT marami pa ring nakurakot ang mga buhong)

aywan kung kaunlaran na masasabi yaon, dahil maraming commisssions, lagay, etc sila families, kamag-anak, friends, and supporters of the Queen in the Palace, devils politicians, and bureaucrats.

panay utang namang lahat ang mga government projects na iyan or BOT (kahit BOT marami pa ring nakurakot ang mga buhong)

o siya hindi kaunlaran....ramdam ko kayo sabi ni mar roxas para bang mga kaluluwa kayo na nagpaparamdam sa kanya.... eniwi...bakit sinisita ng mga guard ng hacienda luisita ang mga pumapasok papuntang sctex....nakikinabang na nga ang mga aquino at cojuangco sa sctex...dahil lumihis ito sa lupain nila..tapos sinisita pa ang mga papuntang sctex....ano yun...

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Second question: Bakit hindi padin bukas ang Floridablanca Exit?

BCDA to open new interchange at Subic-Clark-Tarlac tollway
R. Garcia BusinessWorld

SUBIC FREE PORT -- The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) will open the Floridablanca interchange of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) tomorrow.

At 94 kilometers, the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway is the country’s longest tollway.
The state agency said this will be the eleventh interchange of the tollway, making it more accessible to motorists in Central Luzon.

In a statement, Robert C. Gervacio, BCDA program manager for operational support services and SCTEx spokesman, said the opening of the interchange would provide Floridablanca, the second-largest rice-producing town of Pampanga that is also noted for its sugar farms, with a more efficient way of transporting produce through the new interchange.

Motorists, meanwhile, will now have the option of passing through the traffic-free SCTEx instead of the old Porac-Floridablanca-Dinalupihan local road.

“Even residents of Angeles and Mabalacat should find the new interchange highly convenient,” Mr. Gervacio said.

The opening of the interchange is expected to further boost business growth and employment opportunities in the Central Luzon logistics hub, he added. Access to and from Floridablanca and its neighbo-ring municipalities, will now be faster and easier, he pointed out.

To prepare for the interchange’s opening and ensure that traffic will run smoothly, system tests with the assigned tellers were conducted, the SCTEx spokesman added.

Floridablanca, which is Spanish for “white flower,” also hosts the Basa Air Base of the Philippine Air Force.

The town is thickly populated and, thus, easing the movement of people and produce though the new interchange should be considered a boon for the locals, Mr. Gervacio said.

The Floridablanca interchange is a 96-hectare tollway facility located a little more than 33 kilometers from Subic’s Tipo Junction.

The state-owned SCTEx is a 94-kilometer tollway built to interconnect the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, and Central Technopark in Tarlac.

It is the longest expressway in the country with 11 interchanges, four major bridges, 29 minor bridges, 44 underpasses and 303 drainage culverts.

^^ Great news! Sana sa mga balita sa TV ay naififeature rin ang mga ito para naman maiwasan ang learned helplessness ng iba nating mga kababayan na wala nang pag-unlad at puro katiwalian na lang ang nagaganap sa bansa. This is really great, one sign of a developed country is a developed public transport and road infrastructures. Getting there... =)

^^ Ganda nga ng pagkakagawa ng SCTEx. Lalo na yung mga interchanges papuntang Subic. Imbis na tulay, sa ilalim ng SCTEx pinadaan.

Tanda ko kz pa Tarlac, parang NLEx-SLEX Style padin :D

^^ Ganda nga ng pagkakagawa ng SCTEx. Lalo na yung mga interchanges papuntang Subic. Imbis na tulay, sa ilalim ng SCTEx pinadaan.

Tanda ko kz pa Tarlac, parang NLEx-SLEX Style padin :D

Agree. Maganda nga. World Class. Lalo yung mga interchanges at mga cloverleaf and exits... Ang GANDA! at mga sceneries sa tabi tabi... all GREEN! (kasi walang billboards...:nuts:)

yung TPLEX ba katulad rin ng SCTEX? connect ba ito or continuation ba ito ng SCTEX?

Agree. Maganda nga. World Class. Lalo yung mga interchanges at mga cloverleaf and exits... Ang GANDA! at mga sceneries sa tabi tabi... all GREEN! (kasi walang billboards...:nuts:)

yung TPLEX ba katulad rin ng SCTEX? connect ba ito or continuation ba ito ng SCTEX?

Maganda ang pagkakagawa ng SCTEx gawa Japanese contractor at Japanese style ang dating. :cheers:

Nawala yung thread ng TPLUEx pero parang magiging logical continuation ng SCTEx siguro ito.

Meron na ba nagagawa to make TPLUEx a reality? Parang ang hirap bigkasin nito ah...

Madali nang pumunta sa Baguio City gawa ng "ehs si teks" at "Tih pih Luh Eks: :nuts:

^^^ its TPLEX....... as easy as.

btw, any updtes bout TPLEX??? balita q magbubukas daw ang tarlac carmen-rosales section bago bumaba sa puwesto ang pangulo..

Maganda ang pagkakagawa ng SCTEx gawa Japanese contractor at Japanese style ang dating. :cheers:

Nawala yung thread ng TPLUEx pero parang magiging logical continuation ng SCTEx siguro ito.

Meron na ba nagagawa to make TPLUEx a reality? Parang ang hirap bigkasin nito ah...

Madali nang pumunta sa Baguio City gawa ng "ehs si teks" at "Tih pih Luh Eks: :nuts:

Nice one.... :lol:

I hope to all expressway along the philippines katulong mga japanese workers, kaya bilib ako sa SCTEx gawang hapon..

japanese style ang dating, iyon ang uso sa japan ang expressway pina-padaan sa ilalim ng bundok o sa tannel..

Sa SCTEx tinapyas ang bundok o hinati,
nice, dapat siguro ganito lagi....:)

^^ Mas ok sana kung tunnel nalang sana.

Nabasa ko sa Manila Bulletin kanina, meh mga ordinance na sa mga bayan sakop ng SCTEx na nagbabawal magsunog ng damo sa SCTEx. Mabuti naman. Napansin ko kz kahapon, sobrang daming parts ng SCTEx ganon.

I hope to all expressway along the philippines katulong mga japanese workers, kaya bilib ako sa SCTEx gawang hapon..

japanese style ang dating, iyon ang uso sa japan ang expressway pina-padaan sa ilalim ng bundok o sa tannel..

Sa SCTEx tinapyas ang bundok o hinati,
nice, dapat siguro ganito lagi....:)


May dahilan kung bakit tinapyas ang mga bundok nito, pero dun lang naman sa part ng bundok na medyo hindi kataasan at bandang duluhan na siya. di naman yung mga malalaking bundok. Tapos yung pinagtapyasan, yun ang ginamit nilang pang embankment.

^^ Mas ok sana kung tunnel nalang sana.

Nabasa ko sa Manila Bulletin kanina, meh mga ordinance na sa mga bayan sakop ng SCTEx na nagbabawal magsunog ng damo sa SCTEx. Mabuti naman. Napansin ko kz kahapon, sobrang daming parts ng SCTEx ganon.


Pero meron pa ring gumagawa nito. Tulad na lang nito na dumaan ako kanina lang galing ako ng Subic.

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Talagang no visibility.

May dahilan kung bakit tinapyas ang mga bundok nito, pero dun lang naman sa part ng bundok na medyo hindi kataasan at bandang duluhan na siya. di naman yung mga malalaking bundok. Tapos yung pinagtapyasan, yun ang ginamit nilang pang embankment.

Ang tungkol sa extension ng SCTEx, same din ba ang gagawing construction nyon tulad sa SCTEx?

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May magsasaka pang naglalakad sa gilid ng kalsada oh :nuts:

Pero meron pa ring gumagawa nito. Tulad na lang nito na dumaan ako kanina lang galing ako ng Subic.

Talagang no visibility.

Nakow...Accident waiting to happen nga naman.

Nakow...Accident waiting to happen nga naman.

Sa ganyang kundisyon, kelangan talaga mag ilaw, gamitin yung headlights saka yung warning lights and malayo palang mabagal na dapat ang takbo.

Ang tungkol sa extension ng SCTEx, same din ba ang gagawing construction nyon tulad sa SCTEx?

Extension? Yung ba yung TPLEX?

Wala akong idea kung yung contractor nila is same. Kaya di ko alam kung ano magiging design nila. Pero the same na 4 lanes (2 lanes in each direction) upgradeable to 8 lanes.

May magsasaka pang naglalakad sa gilid ng kalsada oh :nuts:

hindi yan magsasaka. maintenance worker yan ng SCTEX. may reflectorized vest siya gamit.

Napakaswerte talaga nang Luzon...:cheers:

Extension? Yung ba yung TPLEX?

Wala akong idea kung yung contractor nila is same. Kaya di ko alam kung ano magiging design nila. Pero the same na 4 lanes (2 lanes in each direction) upgradeable to 8 lanes.

Thanks sa update:cheers: OT na ako...

Napakaswerte talaga nang Luzon...:cheers:

:okay::):hug:

Thanks sa update:cheers: OT na ako...

Lagi ko napapansin yung "OT". Ano ba yung "OT"?

Lagi ko napapansin yung "OT". Ano ba yung "OT"?


either OVERTIME kana kung nagrerent ka ng PC (:lol:)
pero madalas OFF-TOPIC (:))

May magsasaka pang naglalakad sa gilid ng kalsada oh :nuts:

Diba worker ng SCTEX, meh suot na lime green (?) na reflectorized vest kz. :nuts:

Namumulot siguro ng kalat ng mga pasaway na nagtatapon sa kalsada. Nakakainis talaga yung ganun.

Napakaswerte talaga nang Luzon...:cheers:

:lol: taga saang isla ka ba? ilan ang populasyon nyo? magkano ang natutulong nyo sa pag unlad ng banda?

:lol: taga saang isla ka ba? ilan ang populasyon nyo? magkano ang natutulong nyo sa pag unlad ng banda?

Wala naman kaming masyadong naitulong. Kaya sabi ko, swerte nang Luzon... :cheers:

Napakaswerte talaga nang Luzon...:cheers:

oo nga.

what more kung si noynoy o si gibo ang mananalo. tarlakenyo kc.

luk what PGMA has done to its hometown Pampanga.

Kung si Villar, pareho pa rin...

omygulay!


Federalism, anyone? =)

Ang SRP ng Cebu ay singganda din SCTEX, at may tunnel pa... kaya maswerte din ang Cebu. :okay:

oo nga.

what more kung si noynoy o si gibo ang mananalo. tarlakenyo kc.

luk what PGMA has done to its hometown Pampanga.

Kung si Villar, pareho pa rin...

omygulay!


Federalism, anyone? =)

Huwag ka nang aangal dyan...:lol:

Babalikan ka naman nang sumbat kung kasinglaki ba nang Luzon ang naitulong nang lugar mo sa ating bansa...:ohno:

Kung sana...sana lang, noon pa man, federal na tayo... :)

Ang SRP ng Cebu ay singganda din SCTEX, at may tunnel pa... kaya maswerte din ang Cebu. :okay:

Walang ni isang sentimo man lamang na ginastos ang National Government para sa SRP... :okay:

Well, good thing PGMA started to pour investments within the entire archipelago...Kahit na maraming scandals si PGMA, but without her, wala sanang mga bagong airport sa VisMin.

Sana tuloy tuloy na yong investments within the ENTIRE Philippines.

pero dpat pagtugunan ng pansin ang road networks sa pinas... pano tayo magiging globally-competitive niyan... ;)

oo nga.

what more kung si noynoy o si gibo ang mananalo. tarlakenyo kc.

luk what PGMA has done to its hometown Pampanga.

Kung si Villar, pareho pa rin...

omygulay!


Federalism, anyone? =)

uy, oo nga't malaki ang naging progress ng Pampanga, pero hindi lang Pampanga ang nabahaginan ng swerte. At saka, public service lang yon hindi namn siguro swerte. Marami siyang mga infrastructures na sinulong at nagawa.

Kung ang Marcos ang nagpagawa ng San Juanico Bridge linking Leyte and Samar, Kay PGMA naman ang pinakamataas na tulay sa buong Pilipinas kumbaga, Trademark na sa kanya yon.

Ikutin mo ang buong thread dito, at makikita mong maraming nagawa siya hindi lang sa kanyang bayang Pampanga kundi sa buong Pilipinas.

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^^ Magpopost pa sana ako pics ng SCTEx nung dumaan ako jan nung Wedenesday kaso parang katulad lang din ng sayo kaya hindi na lang. :D

Huwag ka nang aangal dyan...:lol:

Babalikan ka naman nang sumbat kung kasinglaki ba nang Luzon ang naitulong nang lugar mo sa ating bansa...:ohno:

Kung sana...sana lang, noon pa man, federal na tayo... :)



Walang ni isang sentimo man lamang na ginastos ang National Government para sa SRP... :okay:

Well, good thing PGMA started to pour investments within the entire archipelago...Kahit na maraming scandals si PGMA, but without her, wala sanang mga bagong airport sa VisMin.

Sana tuloy tuloy na yong investments within the ENTIRE Philippines.

^^wala pa rin yung para sa airport namin...nag promise si GMA pa naman...:ohno:

Pinakagusto ko sa napiktyuran ko yung kita ang Mt. Arayat.

Diba worker ng SCTEX, meh suot na lime green (?) na reflectorized vest kz. :nuts:

Namumulot siguro ng kalat ng mga pasaway na nagtatapon sa kalsada. Nakakainis talaga yung ganun.

Buti meron may taga namumulot ng basura sa SCTEX... Kundi puro basura na ang buong kalsada ng SCTEX... :nuts:

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^^Ang ganda ng SCTEX ah!! Parang sa ibang bansa... No Billboards... All GREEN!!

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Ito ang nakakasira sa picture....:ohno:

^^ Burning Cogon!! Buti na lang walang dumadaan kundi pile-up na naman yan like what happened last Dec. 28 sa may Dolores Exit

Bidding for SCTEx contract fails
BCDA junks proposal of San Miguel-backed bidder
By Doris Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer


THE BIDDING FOR THE MANAGEMENT, operation and maintenance of the country’s longest tollway Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx)—a contract hotly contested by corporate rivals Metro Pacific and San Miguel—has failed.

read more (http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100125-249426/Bidding-for-SCTEx-contract-fails)

Buti meron may taga namumulot ng basura sa SCTEX... Kundi puro basura na ang buong kalsada ng SCTEX... :nuts:

Priority yan ng mga tao na magkusa magpulot ng kalat sa SCTEx, nakikita naman natin na pang world class tapos may makikita kang basura:nuts:

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^^Ang ganda ng SCTEX ah!! Parang sa ibang bansa... No Billboards... All GREEN!!

Heheh may billboard parin na makikita pagdating sa clark:lol:
Sana huwag na tubuan ng mga billboard jan sa Row ng SCTEX:D

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Ito ang nakakasira sa picture....:ohno:

Sana wag na itong maulit pa:ohno:

Neda OK’s Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway, more funds for ARMM
Regions
Written by Mia M. Gonzalez/ Reporter
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:49

THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Board has approved the implementation of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) and additional funding for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Social Fund Project (AFSP).

Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Augusto Santos said in a news briefing that the Neda Board, chaired by President Arroyo, approved the projects during its meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday.

Presidential Management Staff (PMS) chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who co-chairs the Pro-Performance System Steering Committee, said earlier that the P16-billion TPLEX will begin construction in March and is targeted for completion in 2014.

TPLEX is an 88.6-kilometer expressway from the end of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in La Paz Tarlac to Rosario, La Union, passing through Gerona, Ramos, Carmen, Urdaneta via side portions of Eastern Pangasinan, avoiding traffic buildup in major thoroughfares.

Since the four-lane expressway will cut travel time, Esperon said it will spur economic development in the countryside by allowing “faster, safer and more efficient movement of people and agricultural products from the north to the major centers in Luzon and, on a larger scale, enhance the competitive advantage of the... North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle and the Luzon Urban Beltway.”

Santos said the Neda Board also approved additional funding for the AFSP through a $33-million loan from the World Bank.

The AFSP, which started implementation in 2003, aims to foster sustainable development in the ARMM by empowering local communities, and enabling them to actively participate in and effectively manage their community affairs.

The project includes increased and sustained access to basic social and economic services in select communities in the ARMM; increased household income and household food sufficiency and other livelihood opportunities for the marginalized sectors; and strengthened social cohesion and partnership between and within communities of ARMM.

DoTC approves P490 M for Salomague Int'l Port
By MAR T. SUPNAD
January 23, 2010, 1:42pm

VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Transportation and Communications has approved an additional P490 M for the expansion of the Salomague International Port in Cabugao town, a top Malacañang official said.

Deputy National Security Adviser Luis “Chavit” Singson said that the DoTC is now fast-tracking the preparation of the blue print for the expansion of the Salomague Port and that he said the full blast construction and development of the Salomague port will be immediately implemented once the map is finished.

Salomague Port has long been existing but cannot accommodate big and International cargoes to dock here, prompted Singson to ask President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and DoTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza to approve Singson’s request for additional funds for its expansion.

Citing the strategic location of the Salomague Port being located along the China sea and Northern part of the country’s coast, Singson said that Ilocos Sur will become an economic tiger once the Salomague Port becomes operational being near to Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. “We are the nearest port to these countries,” said Singson.

International cargo vessels will no longer go to as far as Manila Port and San Fernando, La Union port to unload their cargos, Singson pointed out, once the Salomague Port is in operation.

Now running for governor of Ilocos Sur under the Administration’s party, Singson said that several businessmen in neighboring East Asia countries had already expressed interest to pour in their investment here after learning that the government has already setting aside an amount for the conversion of this port into an International Sea port.

“We can now foresee the domino effect of the economic development of the province with the coming in of various international businessmen who want to invest here once the Salomague Port is renovated,” pointed out Singson.

Together with incumbent governor Deogracias Victor “DV” Savellano, Singson and his son Rep. Ronald V. Singson, is now also working for the development of the Vigan Airport to be converted also into an international port to complement the Salomague Sea Port.

Neda OK’s Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway, more funds for ARMM
Regions
Written by Mia M. Gonzalez/ Reporter
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:49

THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Board has approved the implementation of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) and additional funding for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Social Fund Project (AFSP).

Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Augusto Santos said in a news briefing that the Neda Board, chaired by President Arroyo, approved the projects during its meeting in Malacañang on Tuesday.

Presidential Management Staff (PMS) chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who co-chairs the Pro-Performance System Steering Committee, said earlier that the P16-billion TPLEX will begin construction in March and is targeted for completion in 2014.

Construction to commence in March? O press release na naman ba to?

Construction to commence in March? O press release na naman ba to?

i hope not... there was even rumors na sinisimulan na nga ito eh...

im from baguio so this would really cut the time to about 2.5 hours baguio to la union , then about an hour more from la union to baguio via marcos hi way...

at least before GMA leaves she ensures that this will commence already'
swerte sakali ni Noynoy if he will win , he can call this project under his belt...

GO TPLEX :nuts:

^^^btw, kelan matatapos yung phase 1 (tarlac-carmen section????)

Good to hear this. In 5 years we will have excellent roads going up north, as well as other planned expressways for faster progress of our country.:banana:

PGMA leads TPLEX groundbreaking

By Jennilyne C. Role

San Fernando City, La Union (27 January) -- Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will spearhead the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Project at Barangay Subusub, Rosario, La Union which will signal the boosting of economic growth and countryside development in the northern corridor.

According to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo, the TPLEX is an 88.58 km. 4-lane high speed toll expressway which is a four (4) year in the making project.

It is divided into two (2) phases, to wit: Phase 1 is the construction of 2-lanes and Phase 2 is expansion into 4-lanes when capacity reaches 25,000 vehicles per day.

"The TPLEX project for its initial 2-lanes has an Php 11.594 billion total base cost (2007 prices) composed of Civil Works (Php 9.601 million), Engineering (Php 0.768 million), Project Management (Php 0.192 million, Contingencies (Php 0.240 million) and Right of Way (ROW) acquisition (Php 0.793 million)," Momo added.

The DPWH will provide support in the form of actual acquisition and funding of ROW in the amount of Php 793 million and cash subsidy of Php 2.907 billion starting 2011 and as of January 4, this year, a total amount of Php 438 million for the ROW acquisition was already released.

ROW acquisition from Tarlac City to Rosales, Pangasinan (Segment 1, -48.70 km) is on-going.

"The project route alignment starts at the terminus of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project in La Paz, Tarlac and traverses through the municipalities of Tarlac, Gerona, Paniqui and Moncada, all in the province of Tarlac and the municipalities of Carmern, Urdaneta, Villasis and Sison in Pangasinan province which will end up at the intersection of Rosario-Pugo road in Rosario, La Union," Momo added.

Project components of the 2-lane includes eight (8) interchanges located at Victoria, Gerona, Paniqui, Moncada, Carmer, Urdaneta, Pozzorubio and Rosario with nine (9) toll plazas and two (2) operation center buildings situated at the Carmen Interchange and other Sub-Centers at selected interchange sites.

TPLEX will have 11 waterway bridges, two (2) viaducts, 66 underpasses/1 overpass and tollway facilities to include toll equipments, rest areas, administrative buildings and maintenance depot.

Through public bidding, the government represented by the DPWH has awarded the contract which is inclusive of design, construction, financing operation and maintenance of the concession to Private Infrastructure Development Corporation (PIDC) on a Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) scheme.

PIDC is a consortium of 10 Filipino private contractors namely D.M. Consunji, Inc.; First Balfour, Inc.; D.M. Wenceslao & Associates, Inc.; C.M. Pancho Construction, Inc.; RD. Policarpio & Co., Inc.; J.V. Angeles Construction Corporation; J.E. Manalo & Co., Inc. New Kanlaon Construction, Inc.; EEI Corporation; and Rockford Development Corporation and San Miguel Corporation/Rapid Thoroughfares, Inc.

The design consultant is Filipinas Dravo Corporation (FDC), a leading design and engineering consulting firm based in the Philippines while the supervision consultancy will be provided by a top Filipino consultancy firm, the DCCD Engineering Corporation.

The designated tollway operator/advisor is Tollways Management Corporation (TMC).

DCCD Associate and Deputy Project Manager of the TPLEX Melchor P. Sirilan said that the project will reduce travel time from Manila to Baguio from 6 to 3 hours with a safe speed of 80 kph, enhance super regions competitive advantage, stimulate economic growth and development and provide faster and effective access for agricultural products from the north to the major population centers in Luzon.

"The TPLEX will commence before the end of this year and the start of the partial operations will be on March 2012 for the Tarlac-Carmen section, April 2012 for the Carmern-Urdaneta section, and October 2014 for the Urdaneta-Rosario section," Sirilan concluded.

After the groundbreaking, the President will award the Project ICC to Samson C. Lazo, President of the PIDC. (PIA-R1/La Union)
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Sana may ganyan din sa ibang probinsiya...

Sana may ganyan din sa ibang probinsiya...

Yan ang napapala ng mga tumitira kay gloria! Lahat ng expressway in pro-gloria arroyo area (pampanga and tarlac) looks so awesome habang un mga expressway ng mga tumira sa kanya ay mukhang basura (like STAR Tollways). :lol:

Yan ang napapala ng mga tumitira kay gloria! Lahat ng expressway in pro-gloria arroyo area (pampanga and tarlac) looks so awesome habang un mga expressway ng mga tumira sa kanya ay mukhang basura (like STAR Tollways). :lol:

pero di ba, sa kanyang administrasyon na-construct ang from lipa to batangas city sa star?

^^^pano ang expansion yan sa gilid ba? wala na kasi space sa gitna..30-40 years from now?

^^^pano ang expansion yan sa gilid ba? wala na kasi space sa gitna..30-40 years from now?

merong space, capable yan ng 6-8 lanes yan sa tingin ko. ganyan ang nlex dati e.

MNTC reviews options on SCTEX project (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=544638&publicationSubCategoryId=66)
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña (The Philippine Star) Updated January 29, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC), a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), said yesterday it was reviewing its options with respect to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) after it was declared as lone eligible bidder for the multi-billion peso tollroad project.

SCTEx, the biggest and most ambitious project to date of the state-run Bases Coversion Development Authority (BCDA), is a major infrastructure envisioned to serve as a backbone of development in the Central Luzon region.

MNTC president and chief executive officer Rodrigo E. Franco said while the BCDA has found MNTC’s financial bid short of the minimum requirements, the tollways firm has until Monday to file a request for a reconsideration.

Under the joint venture agreement rules of the National Economic and Development Authority, when financial bids fail to meet the criteria of a project, bidders can enter into a negotiation.

“The advantage of having MNTC operate and maintain the SCTEX is to facilitate the integration of SCTEX with North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in order to give motorists greater benefits,” Franco said.

“MNTC will redesign and reconfigure certain toll plazas and the toll collection systems to achieve full integration of the two expressways. Customers will discover an even more pleasurable and convenient travel experience” Franco added.

MNTC, the concessionaire and builder of the 93- kilometer NLEX, has been the consistent industry leader and premium developer of tollways in the country.

For his part, MPTC president and chief executive officer Ramoncito S. Fernandez said MNTC has a proven track record in managing the NLEX to the highest global standards.

“The company’s robust financial performance is consistently validated with the highest credit rating of PRS Aaa from PhilRatings, the foremost credit rating agency in the country,” she said.

MPTC will soon open its Phase 2- Segment 8.1 expansion project that will link Mindanao Avenue to the NLEX mainline.

It will have the same modern and hi-tech features as the NLEX including a cloverleaf interchange, fully computerized toll collection system, efficient traffic management, and well maintained pavement.

Originally there were six firms that expressed interest to bid for SCTEX – Star Tollways Corp., San Miguel Corp., MNTC, Skyway operator Citra Group, India-based IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. and Amicus Holdings Inc.

But only MPTC and the consortium of San Miguel and Star Tollways, Northlink Toll Management Inc. submitted proposals to the BCDA.

Under the SCTEX privatization program, the winning bidder will enter into a lease or concession agreement with the BCDA to operate the SCTEX on an “as is, where is,” basis for a period of 33 and a half years from April 28, 2010 to Oct. 30, 2043.

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Is this Star Tollways Corporation the same operator of the STAR Tollway?

If yes...what a big joke. STAR nga hindi nila mamintain, SCTEx pa kaya.

Ganda talaga ng SCTex, sana ganyan din kalabasan ng TPLex.:cheers: Kailan naman kaya ang North Luzon East Expressway.:)

kakamiss magdrive sa sctex

pero di ba, sa kanyang administrasyon na-construct ang from lipa to batangas city sa star?

True, kaso sa kakabatikos sa kanya ng mga taga south... Usad pagong ang STAR expressway! Habang un SCTEX ay sobrang bilis natapos at dekalidad pa un pagkakagawa :lol:!

True, kaso sa kakabatikos sa kanya ng mga taga south... Usad pagong ang STAR expressway! Habang un SCTEX ay sobrang bilis natapos at dekalidad pa un pagkakagawa :lol:!

Let us just be contented on what we have right now. I mean, the road is being used for economic purposes that contributes to the progress of the place. There will be a time that things will be okay. Year 2010 is full of hopes and positive things for our country.:cheers:

Nagka-delay din yung SCTEX construction.

Let us just be contented on what we have right now. I mean, the road is being used for economic purposes that contributes to the progress of the place. There will be a time that things will be okay. Year 2010 is full of hopes and positive things for our country.:cheers:

Nagka-delay din yung SCTEX construction.

Kahit nagka delay ang SCTEX ay natapos din eto, di tulad ng STAR na sobrang low quality na, ang kupad pa ng progress. SLEX ay ganun din, sobrang kupad ng construction/rehab project.

dapat nga siguro yung MNTC na lang din ang humawak ng SCTEX para seemless like NLEX ang pagmamanage. kaya nga lang parang binarat ng MNTC ang bidding.

hmmm, bahala na kung sino. basta maging maayos at mapanatili ito.

dapat nga siguro yung MNTC na lang din ang humawak ng SCTEX para seemless like NLEX ang pagmamanage. kaya nga lang parang binarat ng MNTC ang bidding.

hmmm, bahala na kung sino. basta maging maayos at mapanatili ito.


Wala namang kaso kung sino ang mag-ma-manage ng mga nasabing expressway,siguraduhin lang nila nasa ayos or maintenance ang lahat ng ito..:bash:

The SCTEX volume was over-estimated to justify the loan for the construction of the expressway. Updated forecasts show that it will really be difficult to recover investment costs because of the significantly lower traffic expected as shown by current volumes. MNTC probably got a good estimate of the lower volumes so they got lower toll revenue estimates. Hence, they probably submitted a low bid to reflect this.

^^^pano ang expansion yan sa gilid ba? wala na kasi space sa gitna..30-40 years from now?

30-40 years from now? di na tayo gagamit ng sasakyan nyan... ang sasakyan na natin puro lumilipad na... :lol:

Ganda talaga ng SCTex, sana ganyan din kalabasan ng TPLex.:cheers: Kailan naman kaya ang North Luzon East Expressway.:)

I Hope so. Para maganda at walang problema ang biyahe...

(pero I have heard that the TPLEX is one lane in each direction lang... :ohno:)

kakamiss magdrive sa sctex

Oo nga... namimiss ko pa rin hangang ngayon... Kakapass ko lang nung January 2... :)

30-40 years from now? di na tayo gagamit ng sasakyan nyan... ang sasakyan na natin puro lumilipad na... :lol:

Tma lahat ng sinabi mo.:lol:

I Hope so. Para maganda at walang problema ang biyahe...

(pero I have heard that the TPLEX is one lane in each direction lang... :ohno:)

4 lanes phase 1, 2 lanes phase 2.

parang sctex lang din, na 4 lanes.

same as nlex, 8 lanes from balintawak to borol, 6 lanes borol to sta rita, guiguinto, 4 lanes sta rita, guiguinto to (yung after Dau?), then 2 lanes onwards.

I have no idea kung kapag inextend na ito up to SCTEX e 4 lanes na din.

4 lanes phase 1, 2 lanes phase 2.

parang sctex lang din, na 4 lanes.

same as nlex, 8 lanes from balintawak to borol, 6 lanes borol to sta rita, guiguinto, 4 lanes sta rita, guiguinto to (yung after Dau?), then 2 lanes onwards.

I have no idea kung kapag inextend na ito up to SCTEX e 4 lanes na din.

extension ba ito ng SCTEx?

^^ Logical extension sha ng SCTEx since TPLEx will start where SCTEx ends. Dun sa dulo ng Tarlac City Exit ng SCTEx ang start nya.

The SCTEX volume was over-estimated to justify the loan for the construction of the expressway. Updated forecasts show that it will really be difficult to recover investment costs because of the significantly lower traffic expected as shown by current volumes. MNTC probably got a good estimate of the lower volumes so they got lower toll revenue estimates. Hence, they probably submitted a low bid to reflect this.

+ 1. Operating and maintaining the SCTEX would require large portions of NLEX's revenues, since SCTEX's volume alone can't support its own O&M

+ 1. Operating and maintaining the SCTEX would require large portions of NLEX's revenues, since SCTEX's volume alone can't support its own O&M

may point ka, hindi pa naman kasi ganon siya nagagamit. dahil talagang konti pa lang ang gumagamit nito.

so better MNTC na ang maghawak, naging maganda naman ang pagmamanage nila sa NLEx. konting usapan na lang siguro para maging maganda ang deal nito.

^^ Logical extension sha ng SCTEx since TPLEx will start where SCTEx ends. Dun sa dulo ng Tarlac City Exit ng SCTEx ang start nya.

So magiging two lanes parin sya mula sa tarlac city hanggang la union, same sa lane na ginamit ng SCTEx..

So magiging two lanes parin sya mula sa tarlac city hanggang la union, same sa lane na ginamit ng SCTEx..

half part ng tplex is 4 lanes the rest 2 lanes

SCTEx Pics 01.20.10, Taken from Subic Freeport Zone going to Clark South Exit

Subic Bay SCTEx Entry
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SCTEx Toll Card (front)
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SCTEx Toll Card (back)
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What is this future exit/ interchange gonna be called?
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Signage and scenery along the way

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More images here (http://cogiebaby.multiply.com/photos/album/79/Subic-Clark-Tarlac_Expressway_01.20.10)

^^ Teka, ba't ang ibang signs sa SCTEx, may Clearview pero the rest of SCTEx's signs are Arial? Mukhang nagiging inconsistent din ang SCTEx ah....

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This unconstructed exit is located between Tipo and Dinalupihan exits, right? Eto yata yung sinasabing Mabiga Exit sa Bataan ayon sa mga mapa ng SCTEx na hindi pa binuksan 2 years ago.

^^ Meh nakita kz ako na signange na yung isang exit ay covered, bago mag Subic exit. So baka nga yan yung Mabiga exit na icconstruct sa future pag meh traffic demand na.

^^ Teka, ba't ang ibang signs sa SCTEx, may Clearview pero the rest of SCTEx's signs are Arial? Mukhang nagiging inconsistent din ang SCTEx ah....



Bakit di nalang isahan ang mga fonts sa isang expressway? para mas magandang tignan... Pati nga sa NLEX Iba iba eh... :nuts:

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Napansin ko rin ito nung pagdaan ko sa SCTEX... Kasi 4 sides meron harang eh...

^^ Meh nakita kz ako na signange na yung isang exit ay covered, bago mag Subic exit. So baka nga yan yung Mabiga exit na icconstruct sa future pag meh traffic demand na.

Baka Floridablanca yun? or bukas na siya?

Bakit di nalang isahan ang mga fonts sa isang expressway? para mas magandang tignan... Pati nga sa NLEX Iba iba eh... :nuts:

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Napansin ko rin ito nung pagdaan ko sa SCTEX... Kasi 4 sides meron harang eh...



Baka Floridablanca yun? or bukas na siya?

Dapat talaga isang font lang ang mga signage sa SCTEx and they should use Clearview. Sa NLEx kasi, ang ginagamit na typeface sa mga signs, Arial Black tapos Interstate/Highway Gothic eh. Same din sa SLEx TR1 is Clearview, TR2-A is Arial and TR2-B is Interstate/Highway Gothic.

Regarding sa sinasabing exit, basically tapos na po ang Floridablanca Interchange at meron na rin access road. This unfinished exit is called Mabiga Interchange in Bataan. This will be built when the existing Dinalupihan Interchange becomes congested and can no longer be expanded.

^^ Galing ng foresight ng BCDA, naglagay na sila ng future exit if ever. :okay: