30 July 2012, Official Gazette

 

A July 30, 2012 press release from the Department of Public Works and Highways

 

Local and international construction companies are invited to prequalify to bid to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway Phase II Project under the Public-Private Partnership program of the government.

The invitation by the Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects of the DPWH, sets September 18, 2012 as deadline for submission of qualification documents for interested parties including bidding guidelines and project details for phase I adjustment works, phase II works, at-grade Entertainment City works, and operations and maintenance.

Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said that they expect good turnout of potential investors competing for the NAIA Expressway Phase II Project as a follow-up to the Daang Hari-SLEX Link Road Project awarded to the Ayala Corporation last April 3, 2012 under the Build-Operate-Transfer contractual arrangement scheme.

NAIA Expressway Phase II Project is a 4-lane elevated expressway with a total length of 7.15 kilometers, including ramps.

The project will start at the existing Skyway then generally follows the existing road alignments over Sales Avenue, Andrews Avenue, Domestic Road, and NAIA Road, and has entry/exit ramps at Roxas Boulevard, Macapagal Boulevard, and PAGCOR City.

The project provides access to NAIA Terminals I, II, and III and links to existing expressways, namely, the Skyway and the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway. It will also link to the proposed elevated NLEx-SLEx Connector Road and to the Metro Manila Skyway (Stage 3) extension to Araneta Avenue (C-3).

When completed, it is expected that the average 24 minutes travel from Skyway to NAIA Terminal 1 will be reduced to 8 minutes for the benefit of some 80,000 daily travelers.

The project was approved by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board on May 30, 2012 and is estimated to cost P15.52 billion.

With the government financing the road right-of-way acquisition in the amount of P 1.021 billion, PAGCOR license holders are willing to provide P 6.5 billion contribution for the construction of the project.  A memorandum of agreement between DPWH and PAGCOR has been signed.