Metro Manila Skyway

[stephencua]

taken from an article in INQ7.net

"Mendoza said they were instead considering building a perimeter road that would connect Terminal 3 to Terminal 1. A plan to link Terminal 3 to the skyway is also in the works, he added."

wouldnt this be great?? direct access from the skyway to the NAIA-3?? hopefully all this works out really soon..

[Solblanc]

the pillars for the NAIA3-skyway on/off ramps are already constructed. They're just bidding out who's gonna build the road part.

[federal]

grabe.. every part ng exrpessway may bidding? i though it was a complete package 1? it's so slow...

[absent-minded]

that's the NAIA-3 Expressway, right...? yeah, it would be great to have direct access to the new international terminal from the Skyway. especially for people coming from and going to the south. I guess it's also one way to increase the use of the elevated tollway.

nice to hear they're done the work on the pillars. how does it go into T3? I was going over the DPWH website the other day and came across a bid advertisement thing for some work on the NAIA-3 EX. I forgot what it was on though, and the PDF file is gone now. it probably is for the elevated road surface, like Solblanc has said. I guess they're almost ready for/already done the bidding?

[apiong]

Originally Posted by absent-minded

I was going over the DPWH website the other day and came across a bid advertisement thing for some work on the NAIA-3 EX. I forgot what it was on though, and the PDF file is gone now. it probably is for the elevated road surface, like Solblanc has said. I guess they're almost ready for/already done the bidding?

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY TO BID

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) invites interested contractors to apply for Eligibility and to bid for the following contract:

Name of Project/Location : NAIA Expressway and Its Related Projects, Phase I Package IV-A – Sales Down Ramp/Pasay City

Estimated Construction Cost : P 510.00 Million

Proposed Contract Duration : Twelve (12) months

Source of Fund : GOP/Local Funds

Scope of Work :
a) Widening and improvement of the southbound carriageway of Sales Street which involves placing of embankment from borrow materials; aggregate subbase and aggregate base course, laying of bituminous concrete surface course, 100mm thick, hot-laid; construction of concrete curb and gutter; construction of new sidewalk/fence; pavement markings, roads signs and other appurtenances.
b) Construction of a cast-in-place RC and PC voided slab viaduct, founded on bored piles (1200, 2200, 2500mm dia.) with 75mm thick bituminous concrete overlay, inclusive of railings, pavement markings, road signs, storm drain facilities and other appurtenances.
c) Construction of 250mm thick PCCP ramp on mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall structure inclusive of MSE wall panels, structural backfill, aggregate subbase and base courses, railing, deck drains, pavement markings, road signs and other appurtenances.
d) Construction of new drainage structures to be integrated with existing drainage system.
e) Provision of street lighting and distribution system.

This is how the Skyway-NAIA Expressway Interchange will look like: (from the old NAIA3 archive thread)

[absent-minded]

yeah... that was the one I saw. thanks for posting it up, apoing. do you still pass by the area often? how does it look now...?

umm... which packages of Phase I have they completed? the road surface of the downramp for construction that is being bidded out above is for which ramp in the picture? what's the diff. between a downramp and on/off-ramps...? hehe...

[apiong]

Originally Posted by absent-minded

yeah... that was the one I saw. thanks for posting it up, apoing. do you still pass by the area often? how does it look now...?

yup, I practically pass by there everyday (home <-> UST)

the columns for ramp4 (skyway southbound to naia) are all completed, widening of the sales interchange bridge seemed to have stopped (maybe ROW issues, i.e. squatters and that Manila Water pumping station at the cloverleaf area in the way of the secondary sales bridge), most of the work are now at excavating the bored piles and columns of the other ramps... I have pictures (and plan to shoot some more)... will upload them later...

=absent-minded]umm... which packages of Phase I have they completed? the road surface of the downramp for construction that is being bidded out above is for which ramp in the picture? what's the diff. between a downramp and on/off-ramps...? hehe...

none of the packages have been completed... that bid is for the downramp of all those 4 ramps going into and out of Sales St. (towards NAIA3). Based on the picture, its the downramp structure at the lower right of the image.

the downramp is to merge the on/off ramp into Sales Street level while the on/off ramp is to connect into the Skyway itself.

[stephencua]

12 months pa ang construction time? and wala pa ngbid?

so i guess its safe to assume that at the least, the connection between the skyway and NAIA 3 would be done by 2006.. damn long time..

[ryanr]

So whats the latest on the resumption of the skyway? When will they start?

Also, any new pics of the NAIA 3 link interchange? The last i saw of it were just its support pylons.

[federal]

they're stil support pylons....

[bustero]

The pylons take the longest time to construct anyway. The girders are very simple and fast lang as it's precast, it could be done in a months time if they wanted.

There probably is not as great an impetus to speed it up as it goes nowhere while the terminal is not used.

[apiong]

http://money.inq7.net/topstories/vie...3&dd=24&file=4

PHILIPPINE National Bank (PNB) has approved a restructuring of Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp.'s $134-million loan, in which the principal loan will be reduced and the repayment period lengthened to six years starting 2005.

Last year, government-owned Land Bank of the Philippines also started restructuring its $80-million exposure in Citra to extend the maturity up to 2008.

Citra Metro Manila Tollways, a joint venture of Philippine National Construction Corp. and Indonesian firm PT Citra, spent about $500 million to build the Metro Manila Skyway in 1995, a six-lane elevated highway from Makati City to the Bicutan area of Taguig town.

About 70 percent of the amount was financed with loans from local and foreign creditors.

Inquirer sources said that only PNB and Land Bank had remaining outstanding exposures in the skyway project after other Citra creditors drew on the $134-million standby facility that the company opened five years ago.

The Citra loans had turned sour, leaving PNB and Land Bank with no other choice but to agree to restructure the loans.

As part of the restructuring, PNB has agreed to reduce the principal amount by 1.2 percent, about $1.43 million.

PNB started collecting 3 percent of the principal debt on March 15. The principal will have to be paid every quarter.

In 2006, the servicing of the principal debt will go up to 3.75 percent. It will rise to 4.00 percent in the third year, 4.5 percent in the fourth, and 4.75 percent in the fifth year, 2009.

At the end of the fifth year, Citra would have settled 80 percent of its debt to PNB. The remaining 20 percent will be collected in 2010 in equal quarterly payments.

Citra's contract with the government supposedly involved three stages, which when completed should have provided an overhead highway from Makati City to Alabang town while the ground level from Sucat to Alabang and Magallanes to Bicutan should have been rehabilitated.
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BID BULLETIN NO. 5 Metro Manila Skyway Project, Packages 1 & 2 (Bicutan to Sucat)
Eligible bidders for the project are hereby informed that the reception/opening of bids on March 14, 2005 is indefinitely postponed until such time that a synchronized schedule for the construction of the substructure by the DPWH and the superstructure by the private sector is established.
RAUL C. ASIS Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee for Regions IV-A, IV-B and NCR
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they really need to restart the skyway for it to reach alabang... that temporary (apparently permanent... ) on/off ramp at bicutan is really an artificial chokepoint that causes traffic every single day...

but I imagine the toll fee for that finished stretch of the skyway... alabang to buendia could rival that of the north expressway!!!

[renell]

regarding last sentence... higher level service and roads only mean high prices... low shit service and low cost roads only mean low prices

[Solblanc]

Originally Posted by apiong

but I imagine the toll fee for that finished stretch of the skyway... alabang to buendia could rival that of the north expressway!!!

err, technically, the per-kilometer toll rate of the SLEX (the lower portion too, not just the skyway) is already higher than the per-kilometer toll rate of the NLEX

[mysaong03]

^ absolutely, yet the volume hasnt changed at all. traffic is still 'very' heavy during rush hours, thats why some motorists are 'forced' to take the skyway if they think they would arrive late on their destinations. but even during rush hours, the skyway toll plaza gets too congested, specially on mon & fri. kase naman, there are only 8 toll booths all in all for both directions

[renell]

that only means that we have too much cars in the road i guess we can expand SLEX to 20 lanes.. and it would still have too much traffic.

[IsaganiZenze]

...have a question....maybe off topic....do they enforce traffic laws in MM, i mean do they SUPER INFORCE IT, are there no bribes and things such as "okay" i'll let you go kinda thing....or they do give tickets and citations but is it like..."oh wells, i got a ticket, like they're gonna make me pay, right!?"....let me know...

[apiong]

Originally Posted by mysaong03

^ absolutely, yet the volume hasnt changed at all. traffic is still 'very' heavy during rush hours, thats why some motorists are 'forced' to take the skyway if they think they would arrive late on their destinations. but even during rush hours, the skyway toll plaza gets too congested, specially on mon & fri. kase naman, there are only 8 toll booths all in all for both directions

for one thing, there isn't a viable alternate route with regards the SLEX (unlike in the NLEX, there's the MacArthur Highway)... though there's the East & West Service Rds., but then again, traffic along it is sketchy at most (due to trucks, and the effect of SM Bicutan) and we wouldn't want all the traffic of SLEX pouring into the service rds... the only alternative is the old highway along laguna de bay (from pasig to alabang thru pateros & taguig).

I guess people are really used to the toll rates at SLEX... we were used to the very low rates at NLEX for a very long time that a sudden increase seemed to have suprised some... but I for one am satisfied with the service & comfort that the equivalent toll rate offers... it is a bit high for some, but I believe in the long run, MNTC & the public will settle on a compromise, worst case is goverment subsidy (just like what happened to the MRT... I remember when it opened, full-line ticket price was PhP65!, I still have one of those tickets priced at P65 with me when I rode it just for fun after its opening)...

in any case, I just hope the "synchronized" schedule that dpwh is talking about in the bid bulletin I posted means they revised their plan to implement a continuous construction schedule for the skyway... their original plan was to build the foundations & columns separately with the roadway one year apart...

[Aragon]

Originally Posted by IsaganiZenze

...have a question....maybe off topic....do they enforce traffic laws in MM, i mean do they SUPER INFORCE IT, are there no bribes and things such as "okay" i'll let you go kinda thing....or they do give tickets and citations but is it like..."oh wells, i got a ticket, like they're gonna make me pay, right!?"....let me know...

the former one is the norm.

[mysaong03]

Originally Posted by renell

that only means that we have too much cars in the road i guess we can expand SLEX to 20 lanes.. and it would still have too much traffic.

i guess so . good roads encourages people to buy cars plus it gives them the illusion the economy is doin good, so i guess traffic situation in MM wont change & would definitely get worse even