Metro Pacific awards construction contract for expressway segment to CIMIC subsidiary
CIMIC Group has announced that Leighton Asia has been selected by NLEX Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), to construct the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Harbour Link Segment 10 – R10 Exit Ramp project in the Philippines. Revenue to Leighton Asia, which is part of CIMIC Group construction company CPB Contractors, will be approximately AUD140 million (US$102.6 million).
Construction works include a 2.6km dual, elevated tollway to link the existing NLEX Segment 10 Road to the R10 Road and provide a continuation of Harbour Link, as well as various ramps, roadworks, electrical and mechanical works and landscaping. Advanced works have commenced and the project is scheduled to be completed in late 2019.
Leighton Asia’s Philippines business is also working with MPTC subsidiary MPCALA Holdings Inc. to build the 28km, four-lane Cavite-Laguna Expressway.
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