Arroyo’s gift: Toll-free cruising on SCTEx
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has announced it has temporarily opened the Subic-Clark portion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) to light vehicles toll-free beginning Saturday up to late afternoon of Wednesday, April 9, as a treat from Malacañang.
“The five-day free access to the country’s newest and most modern toll road is President Macapagal-Arroyo’s treat to the public on the occasion of her birthday,” said SCTEx program manager Robert Gervacio. The President turned 61 on Saturday.
Gervacio said the toll-free service would begin at 5:30 a.m. every day and end at 5:30 p.m. Only Class 1 vehicles, chartered buses and motorcycles with at least 400-cc engine displacement would be allowed on the highway.
Only day-time travel is allowed because lampposts still have to be installed, it was learned.
After the special service, the SCTEx will be closed again until its formal opening on April 21.
The Subic-Clark stretch was first opened on March 18 for a week-long dry run during Holy Week. Using the Subic-Clark route would cut travel time to 40 minutes, Gervacio said.
When fully completed, the SCTEx will initially serve some 30,000 vehicles a day, with the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Bataan and Zambales as the primary beneficiaries, according to project leaders. Riza T. Olchondra and Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
“The five-day free access to the country’s newest and most modern toll road is President Macapagal-Arroyo’s treat to the public on the occasion of her birthday,” said SCTEx program manager Robert Gervacio. The President turned 61 on Saturday.
Gervacio said the toll-free service would begin at 5:30 a.m. every day and end at 5:30 p.m. Only Class 1 vehicles, chartered buses and motorcycles with at least 400-cc engine displacement would be allowed on the highway.
Only day-time travel is allowed because lampposts still have to be installed, it was learned.
After the special service, the SCTEx will be closed again until its formal opening on April 21.
The Subic-Clark stretch was first opened on March 18 for a week-long dry run during Holy Week. Using the Subic-Clark route would cut travel time to 40 minutes, Gervacio said.
When fully completed, the SCTEx will initially serve some 30,000 vehicles a day, with the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac, Bataan and Zambales as the primary beneficiaries, according to project leaders. Riza T. Olchondra and Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
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