By Jenniffer B. Austria | Aug. 13,
2014 at 12:01am [ manilastandardtoday.com ]
AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., the
wholly-owned infrastructure unit of conglomerate Ayala Corp., said the
completion of the four-kilometer Daang Hari South Luzon Expressway connector
road project may be delayed.
The Daang Hari-SLEx connector road is
the first major infrastructure project auctioned by the Aquino administration
under the so-called Public-Private Partnership program.
AC Infrastructure group head Eric
Francia said in an interview the company was still pushing for the completion
of the project by December this year.
He conceded, however, it would take 12
months to complete the project after the company went full blast with the
construction in February this year.
“But we do want to compress the
timeline and we are doing as much as we can. We are pressuring our contractor
to have a nice Christmas gift for everyone. But if not Christmas, then we will
do Valentine presentation,” Francia said.
The toll road project, awarded to AC
Infrastructure in 2011, suffered from right of way and linkage problems with
South Luzon Tollways Corp., which operates the South Luzon Expressway.
Daang Hari is a major arterial road
connecting the rapidly growing towns of Imus, Dasmariñas, Bacoor, Cavite to
Metro Manila via SLEx.
It will be 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 much-needed traffic relief in the congested Alabang-Zapote Road and
Commerce Avenue.
Ayala submitted the highest bid for
the 30-year concession period to operate the Daang Hari-SLEx road project in
December 2011, besting San Miguel Corp.
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