Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced two of the major segments of Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) Project Phase 1 leading Cabanatuan City have been completed.
“Construction of 4.1-km contract package (CP)1 – Tarlac Section and 6.4-km CP2 – Rio Chico River Bridge Section are now 100 percent finished,” Villar said.
“The completed sections form part of the 30-kilometer 4-lane expressway project to connect and improve access between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City.”
“The completed sections form part of the 30-kilometer 4-lane expressway project to connect and improve access between the two large cities of Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City implemented by DPWH Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Roads Management Cluster 1,” the public works added.
According to Undersecretary for UPMO Operations Emil Sadain, CP1 also covers the construction of a 300-meter temporary off and on-ramp to be used as exit in La Paz- Victoria Road while CP2 includes the construction of the 1.5-km Rio Chico River viaduct, the 42-meter Sta. Lucia River Bridge, and the 38-meter La Paz-Victoria underpass bridge.
Based on his recent ocular inspection in Nueva Ecija, Sadain reported that the two remaining contract packages will be delivered to full completion by April 2021.
“The 9.2-km CP3 covering Aliaga section, which includes the construction of a 42-meter Guimba-Aliaga underpass bridge and an Aliaga interchange, is 77 percent completed while construction of 10.3-km CP4 or Cabanatuan Section, which also covers Cabanatuan and San Juan interchanges, is 84 percent completed,” he explained.
An additional 4.8-km component of the expressway project from the junction of Carmen-Cabanatuan Road is the Zaragoza Interchange section. It comprises a 2.8-km access free road and a 2-km interchange ramp that will cross over the embankment of CLLEX main expressway by an overpass.
CLLEX Project, Phase 1 begins from the connection of SCTEX and TPLEX in Balingcanaway, Tarlac City and ends at the Pan-Philippine Highway (Daang Maharlika) in Caalibangbangan, Cabanatuan City.
“Upon full completion of the entire alignment, CLLEX Phase 1 will cut travel time between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City from 70 minutes to just 20 minutes.”
“Upon full completion of the entire alignment, CLLEX Phase 1 will cut travel time between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City from 70 minutes to just 20 minutes,” the public works head said.
“Around 11,200 motorists and commuters would benefit from CLLEX daily. This will ease traffic at Daang Maharlika Highway by about 48 percent,” he concluded.