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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Motorists will enjoy one month of free toll at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport expressway (NAIAX) starting September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n The good news was revealed by Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday (September 14) during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2017 budget of his agency.<\/span><\/p>\n “Isa pa ho, nakausap ko concessionaire (One more thing, I talked to the concessionaire), the public will enjoy one month free, no toll fees when we open that,” Tugade said.<\/span><\/p>\n “‘Di ho mura ‘yun. Kwinenta namin, madaming sakripisyo din ‘yung concessionare doon (That’s not cheap. We computed it. The concessionaire will have many sacrifices),” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n Tugade said the first phase of the NAIA expressway connecting Terminals 1 and 2 would open on Thursday, September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n The project was awarded to publicly-listed San Miguel Corp. (SMC) through its subsidiary and concession firm Vertex Tollways Development Inc., with civil works contractor DM Consunji Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n The agreement covers a 30-year concession period, with toll fees seen at P35 to P45 for the first two years, with adjustments to be allowed every two years.<\/span><\/p>\n The DOTr chief said Phase 1 of the P17.9-billion project will open on September 22, and the entire freeway connection will open before the end of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBefore the end of this year, all the flyovers will be open,\u201d Tugade said.<\/span><\/p>\n Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar made the same assurance when he inspected the 7.75-kilometer elevated expressway and 2.22-kilometer at-grade road project last month.<\/span><\/p>\n Seen to address traffic issues around the NAIA terminals, the project traverses Sales Avenue, Andrews Avenue, Para\u00f1aque River, MIAA Road, and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n Once complete, the NAIAX will link NAIA Terminals 1, 2, 3, and 4, and would interface with the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) through Sales Interchange, the Manila-Cavite Expressway, and Macapagal Boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: rappler.com<\/a>, gmanetwork.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s something motorists can enjoy…for a month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/NAIA-e1473935669525.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7930,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7898\/revisions\/7930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}