By Jenniffer
B. Austria | Posted on July 25, 2012 | 12:02am [ manilastandardtoday.com ]
DMCI
Holdings Inc. may team up with conglomerate San Miguel Corp. to build a road
project that will connect two major expressways in the country.
DMCI
president Isidro Consunji said in an interview Tuesday the company planned to
tie up with San Miguel, which has proposed a 14.2-kilometer elevated road
project linking North Luzon Expressway
and South Luzon Expressway.
“We may
partner with San Miguel for the connector road project,” Consunji said.
San Miguel
and partner Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corp. earlier proposed to construct the
elevated six-lane tollway from Buendia Avenue in Makati to Balintawak in Quezon
City. It will have exits in Quirino in Manila and Plaza Dilao, Aurora
Boulevard, E. Rodriguez Ave., Quezon Boulevard, Sgt. Rivera and Balintawak in
Quezon City.
The project
is part of the 30-kilometer Metro Manila Skyway project package approved by the
government in 1995.
The project
aims to help decongest Edsa by accommodating a bigger vehicle capacity and
providing more entry and exit points for a more flexible intercity travel.
San Miguel
and Citra last year formed a joint venture company, called Atlantic Aurum Inc.
Citra owns 54 percent while San Miguel controls 46 percent of the joint
venture, which has secured control of the Metro Manila Skyway, the SLEX and the
Southern Tagalog Arterial Road.
DMCI,
through its construction arm, DM Consunji Inc., was the contractor for Skyway
phase 2, which involved the construction of an elevated expressway connecting
Bicutan in Parañaque to Alabang in Muntinlupa. DMCI is also San Miguel’s
partner in the construction of the Tarlac-La Union Toll Expressway project.
San
Miguel-Citra’s connector road is different from the 21-km. project proposed by
Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Metro
Pacific earlier submitted an unsolicited proposal with the Transportation and
Public Works Departments to build the project.
The project,
which is now up for Swiss challenge, involves the construction of an elevated
road via the Philippine National Railway tracks within the Manila Central
Business District, from the end of NLEX at C3 to the beginning of Skyway 1 at
Buendia.
The
connector is part of the P38 billion worth of road projects that Metro Pacific
Tollways plans to do over the next five years.
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