By Jenniffer B. Austria | Posted on
October 29, 2013 at 12:02am | manilastandardtoday.com
AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., the
wholly-owned infrastructure unit of Ayala Corp., expects to complete the
four-kilometer Daanghari South Luzon connector road by the third quarter of
2014, a company executive said Monday.
AC Infrastructure executive vice
president Noel Eli Kintanar told reporters the P2-billion road project was
30-percent complete and that it would be passable by either September or
October next year.
“We have been working closely with
Department of Public Works and Highways, and other parties affected by the
right-of-way. We are hoping to make breakthrough very shortly,” Kintanar said.
The Daanghari-SLEX connector road is
the first major infrastructure project awarded by the Aquino administration
under the so-called public-private participation program.
Daang Hari is a major arterial road
connecting the rapidly growing towns of Imus, Dasmariñas and Bacoor in Cavite
to Metro Manila via SLEX.
It is a new road that exits SLEX near
the Susana Heights Interchange and passes through government properties in
Muntinlupa, ending at Daang Hari near Verdana Homes in Imus, Cavite. The road
provides strategic access to Cavite and is expected to ease the traffic in the
congested Alabang-Zapote Road and Commerce Avenue.
“We know the value of the project. It
is just a matter of everyone getting into an agreement,” Kintanar said.
Ayala submitted the highest bid for
the Daang Hari-SLEX Road Project, besting San Miguel Corp., in an auction
conducted in December 2011.
The conglomerate submitted a bid of
P902 million for the construction, operation and maintenance of the
four-kilometer road that will link Daang Hari road in Cavite to the South Luzon
Expressway for the 30-year concession.
Kintanar said AC Infrastructure
remained interested in other infrastructure projects under the PPP program.
The conglomerate was earlier
prequalified to bid for the automatic rail fare collection system and the
Mactan Cebu International Airport passenger terminal project in partnership
with AboitizLand Inc.
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