Despite an anticipated increase in traffic volume with over 400,000 motorists headed for north or south Luzon during the Holy Week break, travel time is expected to be shorter with the recent opening of the first phase of the NLEx Connector.
The Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. which manages NLEx, Cavitex C5-Link, and Calax advised motorists to avoid traveling during peak hours and to use their Radio Frequency Identification for faster toll payment.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inaugurated last week the 5-kilometer-long Caloocan-España section of the P23-billion NLEx Connector, which was designed to cut travel time between the two busy areas to about five minutes by easing traffic flow on España Boulevard, Abad Santos Avenue, Rizal Avenue, and Lacson Avenue.
When completed, the project would stretch 8 kilometers from Caloocan to near the Polytechnic University of the Philippines campus in Santa Mesa, Manila.It is expected to serve 35,000 vehicles daily and make access easier to ports in Manila and international airports like Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Clark International Airport.
The observance of Holy Week started on Palm Sunday, April 2, and would end on Easter Sunday, April 9. President Marcos earlier declared a five-day break from April 6 to 10 for Holy Week in addition to the Day of Valor or “Araw ng Kagitingan,” to create more long weekends pursuant to the “principle of holiday economics.”
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