By
Cris Paraso, CNN Philippines
Updated
17:41 PM PHT Mon, May 11, 2015
(CNN Philippines) — Food-to-infrastructure conglomerate San
Miguel Corp. awarded to D. M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) the engineering,
procurement, and construction contract for the first two sections of Metro
Manila Skyway Stage 3.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange Monday (April
11), DMCI Holdings, Inc. announced that its construction subsidiary will
implement the contract for 32 months.
Under DMCI’s deal with San Miguel unit, Citra Central Expressway
Corp., Section 1 involves the construction of a 3.7-kilometer highway beginning
at the end of Skyway Stage 1 in Buendia to Nagtahan in Manila.
Section 2 covers the 3.5-kilometer stretch from Nagtahan to
Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, also in Manila.
EEI Corp. recently disclosed to the stock market that it bagged
the contract for the remaining two sections of Skyway 3. Section 3 is from
Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard to Quezon Avenue in Quezon City, and section 4 will
be the final leg to Balintawak, also in Quezon City.
The elevated expressway project covers 14.82 kilometers from Buendia
to Balintawak, and will link the South and North Luzon Expressways through
eight strategic interchanges.
These are at Buendia, Quirino Avenue, Plaza Dilao and Nagtahan,
Aurora Boulevard, E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Sgt. Rivera, and
Balintawak with a total of 14 toll plazas.
San Miguel is also undertaking the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport Expressway, which will connect the Skyway system to all three NAIA
airport terminals and the Entertainment City of the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp. along Roxas Boulevard.
Another infrastructure project in the works is the Metro Rail
Transit Line 7, a planned 22-kilometer-long rail line, starting from San Jose
del Monte in Bulacan and ending in North Avenue in Quezon City.