IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY. Public Works Secretary Mark Villar leads the inspection of the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to Ortigas Center Road Link Project on Friday (Feb. 7, 2020). Once completed in 2021, the project is expected to decongest traffic from the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Circumferential Road 5 and improve accessibility within the central business districts of Metro Manila. (Photo courtesy of DPWH)
MANILA -- The Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to Ortigas Center Road Link Project is 45-percent complete, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday.
During the inspection of the PHP1.6-billion project, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said upon completion, the road link would be a traffic game changer as it will reduce to 11 minutes the travel time between Bonifacio Global City and the Ortigas Central Business District.
It will also decongest traffic from the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) and Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and improve accessibility within the central business districts of Metro Manila.
“With an accomplishment of 45 percent, we are fast-tracking the completion of this high-impact project linking Pasig and Taguig to ease traffic woes of motorists and commuters in Pasig, Mandaluyong, Taguig, and Makati,” Villar said in a news release.
He added that this would serve as an alternative corridor from Edsa and C-5 along the section of Guadalupe Bridge and Bagong Ilog Bridge, eventually allowing more economic opportunities for Filipinos.
The BGC to Ortigas Center Road Link Project is expected to be completed in 2021.
The project involves the construction of the four-lane Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge across Pasig River connecting Lawton Avenue in Makati and Sta. Monica Street, as well as the rehabilitation and widening of Brixton to Fairlane Street in Pasig City.
It also includes the construction of the 565-meter Lawton Avenue to BGC viaduct that will traverse Lawton Avenue onwards to the entrance of BGC.
The undertaking is implemented by the DPWH Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) - Roads Management Cluster 1 (Bilateral) headed by Undersecretary for UPMO Operations Emil Sadain and Project Director Virgilio Castillo.
The DPWH is closely coordinating with stakeholders to address issues on road right-of-way and the relocation of utilities that hampered the progress of activities. (PR)
