Wider SLEx opens before week of Christmas

South Luzon Expressway. PHOTO: Philhyundai.com

MANILA, Philippines — By the week before Christmas, motorists will be able to pass through the wider segment of South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) linking Muntinlupa and Laguna, providing bigger road capacity during the holiday rush.

The 29-kilometer stretch connecting Susanna Heights, Muntinlupa, to Calamba, Laguna, will be expanded to 6×6 after the completion of more lanes on both the southbound and northbound sides.

“This December, as our countrymen prepare to celebrate Christmas and travel more to spend time with friends and family, they can look forward to a wider, better SLEx. This will help in significantly reducing traffic buildup during the holiday rush,” San Miguel Corp. (SMC) chair and CEO Ramon Ang said.

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The tollway operator said that its toll plazas had been equipped with automatic license plate cameras, which enable it to make the expressway barrier-less.

Lifting the barriers at toll entry plazas is seen to reduce congestion at the expressway.

By July next year, the expansion of 20 bridges leading to the SLEx main roads will be completed.

Apart from SLEx, SMC’s toll road portfolio also includes Skyway Stages 1, 2, and 3, Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, Tarlac Pangasinan La Union Expressway, Naia Expressway, and Alabang South Skyway Extension.