R8 - North Luzón Expressway

[mysaong03]

i recently passed by the NLex on my way to bulacan, & i think the huge toll plaza near the bocaue exit is for toll payment/collection, coz i noticed wala ng mini toll booths on the sothbound of each exit, except sa last 2 w/c is meycauayan & valenzuela, while the other toll plaza near balintawak is for d toll collection/payment of northbound vehicles kasi wala na ring toll booth sa northbound entrance of each interchange. yun ang analysis ko.

[renell]

yeah, ryan said it before. but your description gives even more light.
it's a bit like SLEX's toll fee system, except that southbound vehicles just pay up without needing like a ticket or something.

[mysaong03]

wait, medyo na confuse din ako sa sinabi ko, i think there would stil be a mini toll booth on the southbound exit of each southbound interchange, coz the collectors at the bocaue toll plaza has to know who pays d ryt amount. kung walang tiket, card or something that indicates the exit point they left, baka mandaya ung iba.

[federal]

Balintawak-Novaliches interchange flyover is done.... yung flyover na bago.. 1 lane lang pala... nice... but the jeeps run over the lane markings.. ouch

[ryanr]

Cool. That flyover construction caused lots of traffic jams when i was over there. Good that its finished.

[renell]

is that the flyover we see before approaching the Balintawak toll booth?

[federal]

yes... that's the one. LEft side..

[renell]

bump.. what's new in NLEX now? not the SCT (Subic-Clark-Tarlac) Expressway.

[mysaong03]

theres a tv commercial lately being shown & its says like...." ang bagong NLE... the road to a better life..."

a new toll rate adjustment was also published recently in the journals, sabi kasi, magiging flat rate ang balintawak to bocaue, mga 42 pesos, coz thats part of their 'open system' daw, they decided to make it fixed don sa area na may heaviest volume which refers to the distance between the 2 major toll plazas...balintawak & bocaue

NLE is 92% complete and it will definitely be inagurated by december, & be operated by the Manila North Tollways Corp.

[mysaong03]

Right-of-way problem may delay C5-NLE interconnection
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THE government's failure to acquire a Road Right-of-Way (RROW) will further delay the construction of a major highway connecting C-5 to the North Luzon Expressway, warns an executive of the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC).

Jose De Jesus, president of MNTC, the operator of the rehabilitated North Luzon Expressway, said they need the RROW to start constructing a major highway from C.P. Garcia in the Katipunan-C5 area to the Malinta Exit in NLE.

The highway will cut through Marcos Highway, Tandang Sora and Mindanao Avenue until it reaches Malinta Exit.





It will be built largely to decongest EDSA, which is the main route going toward the NLE. EDSA experiences among the worst congestions major holidays.

A RROW lawfully allows expropriation of certain potions of occupied real estate mainly for public works development.

De Jesus explained that the C5-NLE highway is the second phase of their major construction plan to create a secondary route connecting Metro Manila to the NLE.

"Our agreement with the government is for them to get the RROW for us and we will build the highway. But the problem is getting that RROW because they have to consider relocating 15,000 families along the areas where the new highway will cut through," De Jesus said.

Furthermore, De Jesus said the government would have to spend about 10 billion pesos just to relocate the families elsewhere.

"It's an especially big task for the government, but the longer we delay the lesser the chances of building the highway," De Jesus said.

[federal]

wow... this is going to be huge!

[muzic_lover2981]

THE government's failure to acquire a Road Right-of-Way (RROW) will further delay the construction of a major highway connecting C-5 to the North Luzon Expressway, warns an executive of the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC).

Jose De Jesus, president of MNTC, the operator of the rehabilitated North Luzon Expressway, said they need the RROW to start constructing a major highway from C.P. Garcia in the Katipunan-C5 area to the Malinta Exit in NLE.

The highway will cut through Marcos Highway, Tandang Sora and Mindanao Avenue until it reaches Malinta Exit.





It will be built largely to decongest EDSA, which is the main route going toward the NLE. EDSA experiences among the worst congestions major holidays.

A RROW lawfully allows expropriation of certain potions of occupied real estate mainly for public works development.

De Jesus explained that the C5-NLE highway is the second phase of their major construction plan to create a secondary route connecting Metro Manila to the NLE.

"Our agreement with the government is for them to get the RROW for us and we will build the highway. But the problem is getting that RROW because they have to consider relocating 15,000 families along the areas where the new highway will cut through," De Jesus said.

Furthermore, De Jesus said the government would have to spend about 10 billion pesos just to relocate the families elsewhere.

"It's an especially big task for the government, but the longer we delay the lesser the chances of building the highway," De Jesus said.

[pau_p1]

well... I do hope that this project pushes through and enough budget to pay-off the residents....at least make C5 connect properly to Commonwealth Ave and it will surely help in the decongestion...

[muzic_lover2981]

yeah ur right..it is.

[ryanr]

yeah, i still cant figure out where C-5 will connect with NLEX. No wonder they have a right-of-way problem, because there isnt really an easy route to connect them.

[pau_p1]

well... they can extend Katipunan Ave upto the stretch of Tandang Sora upto the its Mindanao Ave intersection... MIndanao Ave stretches from North Ave to Tandang Sora to Quirino Hi-way to somewhere in Gen. Luis in Valenzuela near Malinta Exit.... that stretch from Quirino Hiway in Novaliches to Malinta Exit is not yet finished I think... but they have began it already... I don't know where its end end...

but to connect Katipunan Ave to Tandang Sora, they have to demolish a lot of houses from the UP area to Commonwealth Ave... and widening the Tandang Sora Ave would demolish many houses as well and maybe part of the Iglesia ni Kristo main chapel.... when Mindanao Ave was extended from Quirino Hiway intersection.. many were also moved....

[renell]

check post number 93 guys. C-5 will be connected to NLEX between Balintawak and Malinta..

[ryanr]

It is confusing...if the northrail had a hard time with squatters, just imagine how hard this will be since a lot of the buildings are established permanent structures, unlike the temporary slums in northrail's route.

[renell]

hmm.. the gov't has to buy these lands off. but not all its planned route would be housed. or at least my common sense thinks so

any new pics on the new north expressway, i've never travelled here since last 2 years.