All four groups that had earlier expressed interest in the proposed Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) submitted their respective technical offers for the P35.4-billion project to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
The four bidders are MPCALA Holdings of Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corp.; Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc.; Team Orion of Ayala Corp. and Aboitiz Group; and Alloy MTD Philippines.
The DPWH’s third public-private partnership infrastructure project involves the financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of a four-lane, 47-kilometer closed-system toll expressway connecting the Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX).
The project will start at the CAVITEX in Kawit, Cavite and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan, Laguna.
There will be interchanges in nine locations, namely Kawit, Daang Hari, Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Boulevard, Technopark, and a toll barrier before SLEX.
Upon completion, the CALAX is envisioned to decongest traffic along the Cavite-Laguna road network, reducing the travel time to and from Metro Manila.
Other DPWH PPP projects are the Daang Hari-SLEX that was awarded to the Ayala group, and the NAIA Expressway, which was won by Optimal Infrastructure.
