Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 20)— The operator of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) is gearing up for the expected increase in traffic volume for the holiday rush from Dec. 22 to Jan. 2.
\”This is the first Christmas and New Year where Filipinos will be able to celebrate without a state of public health emergency. Please plan your trips well as we expect high traffic volume during these days,\” NLEX Corporation president and general manager Jose Luigi Bautista said in a statement on Wednesday.
NLEX said it will deploy more than 1,500 toll personnel to patrol its toll plazas, with medical response teams, customer service hotlines, and traffic management teams positioned at its checkpoints and centers.
They will be deployed at the checkpoint areas of Arborlink, Meycauayan, Bocaue, Candaba Viaduct, San Simon, San Fernando, Dau, Mabalacat ramps, and the Toll Service Facilities.
For a smoother travel experience, the NLEX-Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) will suspend all ongoing construction and development works on its freeways from Dec. 15 to Jan. 2.
\”NLEX reminds its motorists that all its toll plazas are still 100% RFID as part of the Toll Regulatory Board’s dry run for cashless toll transaction,\” the statement said, advising motorists to load up their Easytrip RFID.
The company said toll plazas in Balintawak, Mindanao, and Tarlac are expected to register a high volume of traffic from noon of Dec. 22 until the evening of Dec. 23, and from noon to evening of Dec. 29.
Meanwhile, it said Tarlac is most likely to have a high traffic volume on Dec. 25 and 26, and Jan. 1.
NLEX also advised that congestion of vehicles is expected at the Bocaue toll plaza on Dec. 25, from early afternoon until midnight of Dec. 26, the morning of Dec. 27, from afternoon to midnight of Dec. 29, and from noontime of Jan. 1 until late in the morning the next day.
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