Integration to boost SCTEX traffic volume

TOLL road operator Manila North Toll Tollways Corp. (MNTC), a unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), expects as much as 9 percent uptick in vehicular volume on the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) after its integration with the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).

“We do expect that the operations of SCTEX will be viable from the start. Actually the traffic has been building up because of the long delay,” Jose Maria Lim, president and CEO of MPIC, told reporters on the sidelines of the SCTEX turnover ceremony in Mabalacat, Pampanga Thursday.