DPWH to build Sto Tomas interchange on NLEX

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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and NLEX Corp. yesterday signed an agreement to build a new interchange in Sto. Tomas, Pampanga.

The Sto. Tomas Interchange is part of the Greater Pampanga Circumferential Road Masterplan and will serve as a link to the future Lubao-Guagua-Minalin-Sto. Tomas Bypass Road project of DPWH.

This interchange will soon be connected to other big infrastructure projects in the town including a new hospital and a university, bringing more progress to the municipality.

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While this is a DPWH project, its completion and subsequent operation and maintenance will be a collaborative effort of the DPWH, TRB and NLEX Corp., with the support of the Sto. Tomas local government and the 4th District of Pampanga.

Sto. Tomas Interchange will also help decongest the Olongapo-Gapan Road by bringing North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) closer to the towns in the west.

This project is envisioned to improve the lives of the communities within the project vicinity as it serves as a solution to the increasing traffic demand in the region driven by agro-industrial growth.

“As long as it’s technically, financially, and legally feasible, we will defend all projects like this that will spur economic development,” said Alvin Carullo, TRB executive director,

Rogelio Singson, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) president and chief executive officer, emphasized that MPTC’s goal is to address the needs of the communities being traversed by its expressways.

This is aligned with MPTC’s vision to propel economic growth and national progress by responsibly connecting communities, he said.

The Sto. Tomas Interchange is one of many infrastructure projects in Pampanga.

Another project, the NLEX Candaba 3rd Viaduct, is now 34 percent complete and is expected to be delivered by November this year. The expansion of NLEX in San Fernando to Sta. Ines in Mabalacat, Pampanga is targeted to start in the second quarter of 2024.

NLEX Corp. is a subsidiary of MPTC, the toll road arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

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