Tender launched for Cavite-Laguna Expressway PPP project
Date
July 25, 2013
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The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways is inviting local and international companies to pre-qualify to bid to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain the Cavite -Laguna Expressway project as a PPP.
The Project is a 4-lane 47 km closed-system tolled expressway connecting CAVITEX and SLEX. It will have interchanges in 9 locations, namely: Kawit, Daang Hari, Governor's Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Blvd., Technopark, and a Toll Barrier before SLEX.
The aim of the CALA Expressway is to provide a more convenient and faster route to/from Metro Manila to the Calabarzon Region (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) and it is expected to:- Decongest traffic on the existing road network in the CALA area;
- Reduce travel time from CALA area to Metro Manila and vice-versa;
- Serve as a connector between the existing and operational CAVITEX and SLEX; and
- Improve the competitiveness of Region IV-A/CALABARZON as an investment destination.
Pre-qualification Documents should be submitted to the DWPH on or before September 23, 2013
Source: DPWH
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