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Would you pay P99 to get to Makati from QC in 6 minutes?

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Crawling along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and C-5, specially during the rush hour, is something Metro Manila motorists suffer everyday. You're probably one of those who spend at least an hour on the road just to get from Makati to Quezon City. But would you be willing to shell out P99 just to travel between those cities in six to ten minutes?

The builder and operator of South Luzon Expressway, Citra-PNCC, believes it's time to decongest EDSA and C-5 by constructing an elevated highway from Buendia in Makati to Balintawak in Quezon City, ABS-CBNNews reported.

The proposed project, called the Citra-PNCC Alignment, will have eight gates that will be placed in Buendia, Quirino Ave., Plaza Dilao, Aurora Boulevard, E. Rodriguez Ave., Quezon Ave., Sgt. Rivera Street and Balintawak.

Citra-PNCC said the 14-kilometer stretch of elevated expressway can reduce travel time from Makati to Quezon City to just six to ten minutes with a P99 toll.

If the group gets government's green light, it can finish the P24-billion project in two and a half years.

The alignment is not the only project proposed to decongest traffic on EDSA and C-5, the two major highways in Metro Manila. Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., operator of the North Luzon Expressway, has proposed a "connector road" while the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is also pushing for a Skybridge to be built above waterways.

So, are you ready to pay for improved traffic conditions in the metropolis? Or do you think you're already paying enough income tax, and government and traffic officials should just get their act together to ease vehicular movement everywhere?

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  • kristelcuenta Feb 29 2012 @ 03:37pm
     
    Well, why not? Number of car sales is set to grow to 5-6M per year. Edi ang laking kita nanaman nyan sa kung sino mang mag-bubulsa nito, dba. Grabe rin sa budget. Ang sakit sa bulsa - baka meron namang alternatibo.

    Ba't kasi hindi i-try mag-extend ng mga transit/express transpo system natin, improve muna yung kung anong meron tayo? LRT, MRT? Laki sigurong tulong nyan kung pagandahin muna ang sistema ng mga transport system na 'to.
       
  • fortis Feb 29 2012 @ 04:03pm
     
    Lahat na lang may fee. Kung matutuloy at dadaan ka sa EDSA-Skyway na to magbabayad ka ng fee. Pagdating sa opisina magbabayad ka ng parking fee. Pagpupunta ka ng north or south magbabayad ka ng toll fee. Darating din siguro ang panahon na paglabas mo sa gate ng village magbabayad ka na ng right of way fee.

    The government is supposed to make our lives better. Eh kung lahat na lang may bayad paano na lang gagaang ang buhay natin?
       
  • seanski Feb 29 2012 @ 04:05pm
     
    Hmmm... 14km in 6 min. means roughly 140kph speed. Seryoso ba yan? Masmataas yan kesa skyway speed limit. Even if it takes 6 minutes on that ramp, how about the time falling in line to how many toll gates there are, unless only e-pass is accepted. hehehehe
       
  • old_school_cars Feb 29 2012 @ 04:54pm
     
    eventually they will also allow bus sa itaas meaning karera din ang labs and mag bobottle neck din yan sa baba like the buendia ramp ng sky way.
       
  • Kim John Feb 29 2012 @ 04:55pm
     
    made more railways!!
       
  • 17Sphynx17 Feb 29 2012 @ 04:59pm
     
    The 6 minute drive is the sales pitch, and the initial 99 pesos is the catch to reel it in as it is "low" considering it costs roughly two liters of diesel which is what you may most likely burn if you are stuck in EDSA during rush hour.

    I still think it will be "mythical" at best as pointed out that you will wait it in line going in and experience a bottle neck going out in highly dense areas such as Q.Ave, E.rod and Aurora during rush hour.

    Maybe they will do something different, but I can only see this being interconnected through that creek that passes at the side of DLS STI along Erod, inbetween Mitsubishi and Nissan along Q.Ave. Take note, they are already doing that underpass for Quezon Avenue for that area so I am not sure how the traffic scheme will play out for this area especially.

    Aurora is also a problem as it is only 2 lanes wide on both sides with the LRT in the middle. How will they pass the road/bridge through there? Below it? Well the creek rises up significantly in that area so going lower that what the existing road level would be problematic for drivers as they can get stuck in the "expressway" with no way out. Exiting earlier at N. Domingo will be narrowed as it is only a maximum of 3 lanes on a given day.

    So clarification please.
       
  • 007 Feb 29 2012 @ 05:33pm
     
    we need MRT not flyovers. We need to copy Singapore MRT loop na dadaanan ang CBD
       
    • borikyo Feb 29 2012 @ 09:12pm
       
      Tama, andito ako sa singapore, malaking ginhawa ang mrt kung umiikot sa buong city. tsaka ung centralized na bus and taxi...idagdag na rin ang sangkatutak na CCTV,
         
  • dsobreo Feb 29 2012 @ 05:47pm
     
    Ang gulo ng gusto nila! I-relocate nila ang mga informal settler baka sakali lumuwag yung daan. Pampasakip eh
       
  • 17Sphynx17 Feb 29 2012 @ 06:25pm
     
    I agree, better MASS TRANSIT SOLUTION in the METROPOLIS is the key not more roads.
       
  • hajabah Feb 29 2012 @ 07:45pm
     
    That's two and a half years of pure agony on EDSA. I think improved, cleaner, and safer public transpo would be more cost effective than this....
       
    • bruce Feb 29 2012 @ 08:35pm
       
      right on the dot! if ever this gets approved, we should be able to use this initially for free in the same duration as the time they start building it!

      And by the way, our taxes should be enough to pay for this and no need to milk the poor Juans!
         
      • hajabah Feb 29 2012 @ 08:45pm
         
        Emphasis on "should" when you say they SHOULD be enough. Of course... not all of our taxes go where they're supposed to... common knowledge, actually. HAHAHA!
           
        • bruce Feb 29 2012 @ 10:19pm
           
          haha.. you got it bro! should be enough but because we have "honorable" crooks, our hard-earned, taxpayer's money won't be able to serve us.
             
  • GTi Feb 29 2012 @ 07:58pm
     
    Kupal naman at P99 for only such a short stretch of road?! Sobra namang pinipiga ang mamamayan. Dapat ba everytime they do something good may kasamang bayad? Isama dapat to sa paggamit ng road user's tax!
       
  • lanjohn82 Feb 29 2012 @ 08:05pm
     
    IMO, how about improving our mass transit system and adopting the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system? It is much easier to maintain and cheaper to build as it has its own dedicated right-of-way compared to the one proposed by Citra/PNCC. I read somewhere that Cebu is about to develop theirs this year while a route from Makati and the Fort are on its planning stages. Also, this system is widely used in New York, Bogota, Mexico City, Ontario, Jakarta and Mainland China. Heck, with 24 billion pesos this could be a more efficient alternative.
       
  • gogogo Feb 29 2012 @ 10:14pm
     
    trains na lang kesa sa flyover.. gawa na sila ng c5 line... madedecongest na yung edsa pag dumami yung trains kasi mababawasan na yung mga PUVs. hehehe
       
  • eljo3025 Feb 29 2012 @ 10:55pm
     
    Trains and more roads please!
       
  • maklo02 Feb 29 2012 @ 11:20pm
     
    NO! haha P99 pesos? Sa simula lang yan, and then itataas na nila ng itataas:) Gawin nila para lumuwag ang EDSA, improve the railway system (para mas marami na mag train kaysa bus), make bus schedules and limit the numbers (para mabawasan yung mga tumatahi sa edsa na dambuhalang buses).
       
  • maklo02 Feb 29 2012 @ 11:21pm
     
    I also think the SMART tunnel will be better. I'd be willing to pay P99 kung yung smart tunnel kasi at least it serves 2 purposes, to ease traffic and flooding.
       
  • trail Mar 01 2012 @ 03:49am
     
    I'd be willing to pay that if and only if it really takes just 6 to 10 minutes. You can do that on EDSA or C5 at 3AM, when there's little to no traffic. But, like Skyway on certain days, this is sure to get congested too on a regular basis. It won't take you 6 to 10 minutes to get from Makati to QC; rather, it will take you 6 to 10 minutes LESS. In which case, I'd rather stay ground level and save my P99, and spend another 6 to 10 minutes on the road. Unless someone here tells me that 6 to 10 minutes of engine idle/first gear movement uses up about 2 liters of gas, in which case paying the toll would make more sense.
       
  • barry Mar 01 2012 @ 02:31pm
     
    the government should invest on purchasing new trains for mass transit like MRT's and LRT's and improve the coaches and their services to the riding public rather than adding more skyways and fly overs. nowadays naging praktikal na ang mga tao. sobra pa ang pagtititpid because of the high prices of fuel and basic commodities.
       
  • bbulusan Mar 01 2012 @ 04:34pm
     
    sana iconsider muna ng gov't lahat ng comments/inputs from taxpayers... this new project is for temporary solution only... later on.. dadami na naman mga cars. i agree w/ others, ba't di na lang i-improve ang mass transits like sa HK/Singapore. Why not, try muna ayusin line ng mga bus... like, alisin sila sa EDSA, both ends na lang.. more of provinces na lang ang byahe nila. quoting from one HCP forumer:

    "Di naman mawawalan ng trabaho mga bus companies. iibahin lang route
    nila. Lahat provincial route na. Create mega bus stations at both ends
    of EDSA kung san ang dulo ng train station. Sa edsa train nalang ang
    public transpo. Increase capacity ng MRT to accomodate the demand.
    Maiiwasan din yung mga dilapidated buses dahil hindi ubra sa provincial
    route yan so safer ang roads natin against defective buses that cause
    accident. Less pollution sa EDSA dahil wala na mga inefficient surplus
    buses. Less traffic for private cars. Some private car owners will
    choose to leave their cars at home because MRT is cheaper, faster and
    more convenient. Less cars on the road, no need to make the road bigger.
    People wil spend less time in transit and become more productive.
    Productive workers = better business which will make our country
    progress. Less cars on the road means less pollution, cases of lung
    cancer will decrease, healthier living for Filipinos."
       
  • rgenesis5008 Mar 03 2012 @ 09:10am
     
    For me I like Metro Pacific's alignment better than CITRA-PNCC's it's more viable, shorter and costs less which the money saved can be used for expanding our railway systems. Besides isn't it that Balintawak is already too congested for the exit ramp of the proposed CITRA-PNCC skyway???
       
  • lomo13 May 08 2012 @ 08:53pm
     
    you'll get the 6 minutes after enduring 2.5 years of hellish traffic of 3 hours (QC-Makati).

    6 minutes is kalokohan. they should include the time you'll be spending on the on and off ramps.

    pero libre dapat ang infrastucture, sagot ito dapat ng gobyerno. LIBRE!!!
       
  • scoobydoo May 14 2012 @ 04:53pm
     
    just focusing on the question, my answer is yes. 99 pesos is actually dirt cheap when you compare it to your lost income due to traffic.
       
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