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Cavite-Laguna expressway breaks ground

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g9Jw_XjqnaQ" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>MANILA - Construction of the Cavite-Laguna expressway (CALAX) has begun with ground-breaking ceremonies this morning attended by several Cabinet secretaries and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) Chairman Manny Pangilinan. </p><p>Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Budget Secretary Ben Diokno, and Transportation Secretary Arturo Tugade led the ground-breaking with Pangilinan for the 18-kilometer segment, at Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/business/06/19/calax-1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The P34.5 billion CALAX project will connect Cavitex in Kawit, Cavite and end at South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Mamplasan interchange in Biñan, Laguna. </p><p>CALAX will be a four-lane expressway passing through congested residential and industrial areas in Kawit, Imus, Gen. Trias, Dasmariñas and Silang in Cavite, and through Sta. Rosa and Biñan in Laguna.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/business/06/19/calax-2.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The project will have 8 interchanges and 1 main toll barrier.</p><p>MPCALA Holdings, a sub-unit of MPIC’s Metro Pacific Tollroads Corp., expects to complete construction of the tollway by 2020.</p><p>The government, meanwhile, promised to expedite right-of-way issues for the tollway. -<strong>- with a report from Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Construction of the Cavite-Laguna expressway (CALAX) has begun with ground-breaking ceremonies this morning attended by several Cabinet secretaries and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) Chairman Manny Pangilinan. </p><p> </p>

Construction of the Cavite-Laguna expressway (CALAX) has begun with ground-breaking ceremonies this morning attended by several Cabinet secretaries and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) Chairman Manny Pangilinan.