MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has announced that the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) C5 Northlink that connects Quezon City and Valenzuela City would be toll-free until end of 2026.
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vince Dizon, who joined the president, along with Public Works and Highways Secretary Giovanni Lopez, during said on Friday that Segment 8.2 Section 1A, a two-kilometer elevated expressway, linked the NLEx Mindanao Avenue toll plaza to Quirino Highway, frombBarangay Talipapa in Quezon City to Barangay Ugong in Valenzuela City.
Dizon said the president was thankful for the support of the project’s proponent and concessionaire - the NLEx Corp.- for not collecting toll fees right away.
"As with other newly opened roads, they are extending this accommodation while they still can—so passage here remains free until the end of the year," the chief executive said in Filipino.
Open to all vehicle classes, the newly-opened road section has an estimated capacity of 11, 000 vehicles per day and the 40-minute travel time would be cut down to roughly five minutes, according to DOTr.
It said that Section 1A was only a portion of the broader 11.3-kilometer Segment 8.2 project, designed to eventually connect Mindanao Avenue all the way to C.P. Garcia Avenue (C-5) near Katipunan, also in Quezon City.
