PGMA wants Star-SLEX interconnection complete by April

STO. TOMAS, Batangas, Feb. 8 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wants the STAR-SLEX (Southern Tagalog Arterial Road-South Luzon Expressway) interconnection be completed by April.

The President said she wants this big-ticket infrastructure project fast-tracked to give people the convenience of traveling to their hometowns in the south with ease.

In brief remarks at the construction site, the President asked Isaac David, president of South Luzon Tollway Corporation, the operator of SLEX, if it would be possible for the company to assign round-the-clock shifts, seven days a week, so that the project could be completed in time for the summer school vacation.

In his reply, David told the President that he would inform their contractor and assured the President that the project would be completed by that time.

The President expressed satisfaction over the development and coined a new name for the "conjoined" highway. She called it STARLEX, which, she said, stands for Southern Tagalog Arterial Road Luzon Expressway.

Once completed, the STARLEX, which starts from Batangas City, will cut travel time to Makati City by an hour.

The road complex forms part of PGMA's Urban Luzon Beltway, one of the Super Regions, all designed to decongest Metro Manila and bring development and progress to nearby provinces. (PNA) scs/OPS/jsd

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