Monday, November 03, 2008 4 SCTEx interchanges 'still on track'
CLARK FREEPORT -- The most sought-after interchanges for the province that will link up various towns and this Freeport to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) are "still" on track, an official said.
Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan said the Clark North interchange would be opened before December this year.
"We want to link our rural communities to the SCTEx. This, in turn, would spur the needed developments in these areas were the interchanges will rise. So far, the approach to the Clark North Interchange is being constructed," he said.
The construction of the said interchanges is estimated at P200 million each. It is also expected to directly link the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) and the Freeport to the P27.7 billion SCTEx.
At least P1 billion will be poured into the construction of the new interchanges along SCTEx that include a new one in Floridablanca, one in Porac, and two in Clark, near Mabalacat.
"As we keep on saying, we want to open the interchanges just before the end of the President's term in 2010, but the Clark North Interchange would be opened to the public as a sort of an early Christmas and New Year gift," Pamintuan added.
SCTEx is expected to play an important role in the development of the mega-logistics and services hub in the Subic-Clark Corridor, with Subic as site of a deep-sea port and Clark as site of an international airport. (IOF)
