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Project Description

Contracting Parties:

Project Grantor: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

Project Grantee: Ayala Corporation

Project Operator: MCX Tollway Inc.

Concession Period:

30 year commencing from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed with Segment II

A 4.00 kilometers with 2X2 Lane expressway from the Junction of Daang Reyna and Daang Hari in Las Piñas/Bacoor Cavite to South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), as entry and exit from the northbound and southbound lanes of SLEX, traverses the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Resevation.

Project Profile

Apolinario Mabini Super Highway (formerly known as Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway)

Contracting Parties:

Project Grantor - Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Toll Regulatory Board (TRB)

Project Grantee - STAR Infrastructure Development Corp. (SIDC)

Project Operator - STAR Tollway Corp. (STC)

Concession Period:

30 years - January 01, 2000 to December 31, 2029

A 2X2 lane divided expressway from Sto. Tomas Batangas to Batangas City. Approximately 41.90kms

Additional two (2) lanes from Lipa City to Batangas City, Northbound (Stage 2, Phase 2) 19.74kms

Historical Background

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines has determined that the expeditious construction and operation of the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Project is essential to the economic development of the South Luzon Area (CALABARZON). Through its line agency, the Department of Public Works and Highways, Toll Regulatory Board, the government entered into Toll Concession Agreement with STAR Infrastructure Development Authority (SIDC). This Agreement which was signed on June 18, 1998 at Makati City in effect converts the STAR Project into a Toll Expressway.

The consortium formed under the name of STAR Infrastructure Development Corporation (SIDC) won bidding for the STAR Project. As a Concessionaire, the SIDC will develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain the project under the Build-Transfer-Operate (BOT) Scheme pursuant to R.A. 6957 as amended by R.A. 7718 (The Build-Operate-Transfer Law of B.O.T. Law). A Notice to Proceed was issued to the consortium in March 7, 2000.

Project Description

Contracting Parties:

Project Grantor - Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Toll Regulatory Board (TRB)

Project Grantee - Private Infra Dev Corporation (PIDC)

Concession Period:

35 years from the effective date of the Toll Concession Agreement (TCA) - July 2008 to July 2043

A 2X2 lane divided expressway from La Paz, Tarlac to Rosario, La Union approximately 88.853 kilometers.

Historical Background

The extension of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) up to Laoag, Ilocos Norte was originally intended for progressive completion uder the franchise of the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC), from proceeds of the North Tollway operation. The PNCC franchise expired on April 30, 2007. In 2000, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) proposed the North Luzon Expressway Extension (NLEE) Project Phase I (Tarlac to Rosario, La Union) with a proposed implementation period from 2003 to 2006. However, constraints on the DPWH budget hindered the implementation of the proposed NLEE.

The McArthur Highway, which presently serves part of the north-south backbone of north-western Luzon's road network, is already experiencing congestion, especially at the urban/sub-urban centers. Construction of the TPLEX will help in decongesting traffic at the McArthur Highway, providing a safe, reliable and high-speed north-south access.

The proposed tollway alignment starts near the terminus of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in La Paz, Tarlac and originally terminates in Rosario, La Union. The project is presently under implementation with Section 1, Tarlac to Carmen scheduled for completion at the first quarter of Year 2013. After which, Section 2, Carmen to Urdaneta will be started and will be completed in end of Year 2013. Section 3, Urdaneta to Rosario is proposed for completion in 2014.

The opened portion of the TPLEX Project is from Tarlac-Paniqui and was opened for the public last November 2013 during the All Saint's and All Soul's Day.

Project Description

Contracting Parties:

Project Grantor - Toll Regulatory Board (TRB)

Project Grantee - Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) and South Luzon Tollway Corp. (SLTC)

Project Operator - Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES) Inc. 

Concession Period:

30 years - February 01, 2006 to February 01, 2036

A combination of a four (4) lane, three (3) lane, and two (2) lane expressway from Alabang, Muntinlupa to Sto. Tomas, Batangas including an additional new four (4) lane from Sto. Tomas, Batangas to Mayao, Quezon Province.

Historical Background

South Luzon Tollway (SLT), popularly called SLEX, runs between the Skyway System which comprises the elevated section and the ground level road, and STAR Tollway.   Until its reconstruction by the South Luzon Tollway Corp. (SLTC), it was a 28 km., 4-lane expressway from Alabang Viaduct in Muntinlupa to Brgy. Turbina in Calamba. It has since been widened to 8 lanes from Alabang Viaduct to Sta. Rosa, and 6 lanes to Brgy. Turbina, and extended by 8 kms. to Sto. Tomas, Batangas where it now links up with STAR Tollway.

SOUTH LUZON TOLLWAY CORP (SLTC) is a joint venture company of MTD Manila Expressways, Inc. and the Philippine National Construction Corp (PNCC).  By virtue of a Supplemental Toll Operation Agreement (STOA) entered into with the Philippine government, SLTC, as the Investor, committed to undertake all works required for the SLEX Project including its total financing without sovereign guarantees, and with the recovery of its investment being in the form of the collection of toll by the Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES), its operation and maintenance (O&M) company. 

Per agreement the project has two (2) phases – Phase 1 comprised the road from the Alabang viaduct (Toll Road 1) up to Calamba, Laguna (Toll Road 2), and from Calamba, Laguna to Sto. Tomas, Batangas (Toll Road 3). Original project cost for Phase 1 is Php. 8.5 B.

Phase 2 consists of a new roadway from Makiling , Laguna to Lucena, Quezon Province. Engineering works for phase 2  have yet to commence.

The SLTC concession period – SLTC was granted a 30-year concession period from February 2006 (date of signing of the STOA and approval thereof by the President of the Republic of the Philippines) to February 2036. It includes the period of construction which began in June 2006.

The SLTC Operation and Maintenance – Under the STOA, MATES, has the mandate to automatically take over the operation and maintenance of SLT upon expiration of the PNCC franchise in April 2007. PNCC continued to operate SLEX up to May 2, 2010.

SLTC assumed operations/toll collection on May 2, 2010 – Since its concession began before the project construction period, SLTC has only 25 years left for investment recovery when its O&M company MATES assumed operations in May 2, 2010. .

Prior toll rate was lowest in the country, current toll rate is in mid-range –  The basic toll fee collected by SLTC from May 2010 to Dec. 2010 was Php 0.76 per km. for class 1 vehicles. This was the toll fee for the old, unrehabilitated SLEX and it was the lowest of the toll rates charged by all other tollways, including those built by government or by government with supplemental foreign funding.