THE 2.42-kilometer road that will link the North Luzon Expressway (Nlex) to MacArthur Highway in Valenzuela City is expected to be commercially operational this week.
Manila North Tollways Corp. President Rodrigo E. Franco said the company is aiming to open Segment 9, a P1.59-billion extension of the thoroughfare to the north, on Wednesday.
“We are targeting to open the road by this week, maybe March 18,” he said. “We are just awaiting the toll operations permit from the Toll Regulatory Board.”
Once opened, Segment 9 will require motorists to pay the same toll fees as those currently collected in the existing Nlex Open System.
Toll rates amount to P45 for Class 1 vehicles (cars, jeepneys, pickup trucks and vans); P114 for Class 2 vehicles (two-axle trucks, buses and vans); and P136 for Class 3 vehicles (trucks and trailers with three or more axles).
Segment 9, Franco said, will dramatically facilitate the movement of people and goods between Central and Northern Luzon and Metro Manila, particularly the Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas-Valenzuela or Camanava area.
The new tollway will be particularly beneficial to the factories and industrial plants in Camanava since it will improve transport logistics through the more-efficient movement of trucks, he added.