Source: Manila Bulletin, 13 December 2011
MANILA, Philippines — Two of the country’s corporate giants — San Miguel Corp. and Ayala Corp. — have submitted their bids for the right to build the P2-billion Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway or SLEX.
The link road project, under the Department of Public Works and Highways, has gained the right of being the first Public-Private Partnership of the Aquino administration to take off.
The two conglomerates, among the most diversified in the country, submitted their respective bids for the SLEX project, which will be opened on Friday, DPWH-PPP Center director Rebecca Garsuta said.
“We will open the bids on Friday and may send the notice of award to the winning bidder by December 22,” Garsuta said. “The contract, however, may be signed next year.”
Two other companies which expressed interest to participate in the bid — DM Consunji and DM Pancho — did not push through with their intent to submit their bids, she added.
The Daang Hari-SLEX Link Road Project involves the construction of a new four-kilometer, four-lane toll road, from the junction of Daang Reyna and Daang Hari in Las Piñas/Bacoor, Cavite to SLEX, DPWH Undersecretary Romeo Momo said.
It will go through the vicinity of Susana Heights Interchange in Muntinlupa, as exit and entry from the northbound and southbound lanes of SLEX, traversing the New Bilibid Prison Reservation.
The project will complement the Cavite-Laguna-East-West Highway and will provide additional access for the increasing traffic between Las Piñas and Muntinlupa and the province of Cavite , some of the most rapidly growing areas around Metro Manila.
