NLEX Vows Better Flood Management, to Help LGUs Declog Waterways

The private operator of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) is scaling up its efforts with local government units on flood control to prevent traffic disruption during heavy rains.

- By Elijah Felice Rosales

Robin Ignacio, NLEX Corp. assistant vice president for traffic operations, yesterday said motorists could expect better flood management from the company following the seven-hour gridlock on the tollway last Monday.

Ignacio said NLEX Corp. would work with local governments in declogging canals and creeks from the Balintawak Toll Plaza and Paso de Blas Interchange pumping stations, which the firm operates to push water out of the tollway on days of heavy rain.

However, Ignacio said waterways nearby are clogging up and this slows down the release of floodwater out of NLEX.