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PGMA set to open SCTEX Porac Interchange
Author: BCDA
Posted: November 25, 2009 | Category: SCTEX
PORAC, PAMPANGA—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leads today’s formal opening of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway’s (SCTEX) Porac Interchange that is seen to boost tourism and investment opportunities in the region.
The President is expected to enter the SCTEX on her way to Porac and exit at the trumpet-type Porac Interchange just before 12 noon, signaling the formal opening of the interchange. She will then proceed to Porac via the newly completed 5.8-km Porac access road and 40 meter bridge constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). President Arroyo will be accompanied by members of her official family.
On hand to welcome Mrs. Arroyo at the Porac Interchange are BCDA Chairman Aloysius Santos, BCDA President and CEO Narciso Abaya, the BCDA Board of Directors and Tollways Management Corporation (TMC) President Ramon S. Fernandez.
BCDA President and CEO Narciso Abaya said the Porac Interchange will augur well for the town’s tourism and agri-business sector. “We now have a seamless connection between Manila and Porac not to mention between Porac and the two major freeport zones Clark and Subic. This makes Porac more attractive to investors,” Abaya noted.
Motorists from Manila entering SCTEX through the Mabalacat Toll plaza are advised to head towards the direction of Subic. The Porac Interchange will be the second interchange to the right or after the Clark South Interchange.
Motorists from Subic and Bataan who want to go to Porac are advised to go straight until they reach the Porac Interchange (between the Dinalupihan and Clark South
Interchanges). Likewise, for motorists coming from the North entering the SCTEX Tarlac Toll Plaza, the Porac Interchange will be the fifth interchange to the right, passing by the interchanges of Concepcion, Clark North, Mabalacat, and Clark South.
The SCTEX Porac Interchange is the second of three additional interchanges constructed by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) that is set to open today for commercial operations. The three interchanges are Clark South, Porac and Floridablanca. The Clark South Interchange was opened last April 5, 2009. The Porac and Floridablanca interchanges, although completed as of June 30, 2009, could not be opened for commercial operations pending the completion of their respective access roads. The construction of the access roads are being undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
The SCTEX has a total of eleven interchanges. These are: 1) Tipo Interchange; 2) Dinalupihan Interchange; 3) NLEX/Mabalacat Interchange (formerly Clark Logistics Interchange); 4) Clark North Interchange; 5) Dolores Interchange; 6) Concepcion Interchange; 7) San Miguel/Luisita Interchange; 8) Tarlac City Interchange; 9) Clark South Interchange; 10) Porac Interchange; and 11) Floridablanca Interchange (All interchanges are operational except for the Floridablanca Interchange).
