San Miguel Corp. (SMC) unit SMC Infrastructure is set to implement a new traffic scheme by next week as it resumes construction works on the P10-billion Skyway extension project.
Ramon Ang, SMC president and chief operating officer, said the company seeks to get back on track on the construction of the projects following a 60-day delay due to the enhanced community quarantine.
But this means the Skyway Alabang Toll Plaza Southbound entry will be closed from May 31 to June 15.
SMC said the road closure will make way for bored piling works at the southbound section, starting 6 a.m. on May 31 until June 15.
Upon the resumption of the construction, Skyway management also closed about 700 meters of Lane 3 of the Skyway at-grade section northbound from the old Alabang Entry Plaza. The one-month closure enabled workers to install scaffoldings to build the columns for Pier 34- 49.
A new traffic scheme will be implemented with the help of the Muntinlupa Traffic Management Bureau due to temporary road closure.
Private cars are advised to take Filinvest Entry and/or National Road to Susana Heights entry, while trucks and buses are instructed to take National Road to Susana Heights entry.
The company expects a delay in the completion of the construction, originally set December 2020.
The project will extend Skyway from Susana Heights in SLEX to Sucat and back and will provide a direct access to the elevated section of the Skyway. With the direct access to the elevated section of the Skyway, the project is expected to ease traffic to and from the south.
The project will also increase the number of lanes on both directions to five northbound and four southbound.
