FREEDOM from traffic! That’s the promise that may be fittingly claimed on Independence Day by motorists when public access is finally opened to the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge across Pasig River, a stretch that also acts as a major component of the BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said the opening of the bridge to facilitate connectivity between Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City, leading to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Taguig City, and Pasig City/Mandaluyong City is timely for the commemoration of the 123rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Philippine Independence.
“Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge is a timely Independence Day gift of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to the general public who will be relieved from traffic congestion going in and out of Makati/BGC Taguig and Pasig/Mandaluyong City,” added Secretary Villar on the eve of the much-awaited bridge inauguration.
With the new access, the cities of Pasig and Mandaluyong can be reached in just 12 minutes from Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City, and BGC Taguig City, by using the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge.
Aside from the construction of the bridge, the P1.79-billion BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project also involves the rehabilitation and widening of the 476.58-meter stretch from Brixton (corner Reliance Street) to Fairlane Street and the 232.34-meter BGC 8th Avenue; the construction of the 125-meter upward and downward ramps at Kalayaan Avenue Intersection; and construction of the Lawton Avenue-Global City Viaduct.
The viaduct structure traversing Lawton Avenue up to the entrance of BGC is targeted for completion by the last quarter of 2021.
The BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project, which intends to decongest Edsa, is one of the big-ticket projects under the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program.
It was designed to relieve around 20 percent of the traffic volume on Edsa and C5 Road.
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