The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), provincial government of Bulacan, and North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation have agreed to convert the Marilao Interchange along the Marilao-San Jose Del Monte Provincial Road into a national road.
The Bulacan Sangguniang Panlalawigan committed to prioritize the transfer of the jurisdiction of the road from the Provincial Engineering Office to the DPWH, via a resolution that serves as a prerequisite in drafting a bill in the incoming 20th Congress.
The plan will pave the way for the full upgrading of the vertical clearance at the Marilao Interchange Bridge from the current 4.27 meters.
NLEX Corporation Assistant Vice President for Traffic Operation Robin Ignacio said the Marilao Interchange Bridge was originally part of the Marilao-San Jose Del Monte Provincial Road under the jurisdiction of the provincial government since it was built in the 1960s.
There were no original entry and exit points in Marilao when the North Diversion Road, presently the NLEX, was constructed by the Construction Development Corporation of the Philippines (CDCP) which later on became the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC).
When the modernization of NLEX began in 2002, the bridge became part of the Marilao Interchange following the establishment of particular entry and exit points in the municipality.