NLEX spending P9 B for C5 link, road widening

North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corp. will spend nearly P9 billion for the construction of a direct access to C-5 Road and the expansion of a certain portion of its tollway.

- ELIJAH FELICE ROSALES

NLEX president and general manager J. Luigi Bautista told reporters the company is investing P8.6 billion for the initial segment of the NLEX C-5 Link and a road widening project.

Bautista said they will spend P2.1 billion to put up the first phase of the NLEX C-5 Link, spanning at least two kilometers and linking Mindanao Avenue with Quirino Avenue.

NLEX has secured approval from the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) to build the project. It has also acquired right of way, putting it on track to start construction by the third quarter.