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MANILA – San Miguel Corp said it has completed the Skyway Stage 3 project that will connect the two main toll roads in the country.
San Miguel President and COO Ramon Ang announced that over the weekend, the company completed construction of the entire 17.93 km stretch of Skyway 3 that will link the South Luzon Expressway to the North Luzon Expressway. .
Skyway 3 is expected to reduce travel time between SLEX and NLEX to just 20 minutes from the current 3 hours, by avoiding the main roads in Metro Manila.
The project was originally scheduled to be completed in March this year, but a fire caused parts of the structure to collapse in February. The COVID-19 pandemic also caused construction delays.
But Ang said the company was still able to finish the project ahead of schedule for October 31.
“I am pleased to announce that the entire structure of Skyway 3 is now complete. With this, Skyway 2 in Buendia now officially extends to the North Luzon Expressway. After many challenges faced by this project in previous years, the dream of connecting North and South and providing an alternative to EDSA is now a reality, ”Ang said.
Ang, however, said the highway cannot be opened to the public yet, as heavy rains have delayed finishing work, such as proper curing of the asphalt.
“We just have to wait for the weather to improve to make sure the asphalt will cure properly. That and a few more finishing touches are all it takes, and then we can open soon, ”he added.
San Miguel said it also aims to finish the northbound section of the Skyway extension by December this year.
Its P740 billion airport project in Bulacan is also set to start by the end of the year.
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