PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday led the inauguration of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (Calax) Subsection 3, a 7.88 km stretch of road connecting the Silang Interchange to Governor’s Drive Interchange in General Trias City.
It is expected to cut travel time between Biñan City, Laguna, and General Trias, Cavite, from one hour to 26 minutes, and decongest vehicular traffic in both areas.
The highway segment will be opened to motorists at 12 midnight on May 5 and will be toll-free for one month.
“To our fellow countrymen, use it so you can see and feel the big relief that these projects bring,” Marcos said in Filipino.
Designed to accommodate additional 6,000 motorists daily, Calax Subsection 3 provides a faster alternative route for commuters and businesses by having an alternate route away from the heavily congested local roads in Cavite’s growing industrial and residential corridors.
With its opening, the operational length of Calax now spans 26 kilometers from the Mamplasan Entry in Biñan, Laguna.
Once completed, the entire 44.6-kilometer Calax project will link the Manila-Cavite Expressway (Cavitex) in Kawit to the South Luzon Expressway in Mamplasan. The road network features eight strategic interchanges: Laguna Technopark, Laguna Boulevard, Santa Rosa–Tagaytay, Silang East, Silang (Aguinaldo), Governor’s Drive, Open Canal, and Kawit.
