MOTORISTS should expect to pay more when using the North Luzon Expressway (Nlex) starting Tuesday, as the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has already authorized the nominal fare increase.
The regulatory body approved the petition of Nlex Corp. for the collection of “2 percent to 3 percent” additional toll, which is part of the approved periodic adjustments due in 2012 and 2014.
To recall, the two groups agreed to implement the increase on a staggered basis to minimize the impact of the adjustments to motorists.
With the approval, Class 1 vehicles in the open system will pay an additional P2, while those traveling the entirety of expressway will shell out an additional P6.
Class 2 vehicles such as buses and small commercial trucks will pay an additional P3 in the open system, while Class 3 vehicles like large trucks, P4. For the closed system, Class 2 vehicles will pay an additional of P14, while Class 3, P16.
Nlex Corp. said it has “continued to improve and maintain” its expressway network to provide motorists with greater safety and convenience.
Included in its list of milestones are the upgrading of the roadway lights on a 33-kilometer stretch from Bulacan to Pampanga, the deployment of a cashless toll collection system, and the safety repairs of some of its bridges.
Nlex Corp. is also extending the expressway through the 8-kilometer Nlex Connector, which will link the northern provinces to España, Manila via the Harbor Link. It is also upgrading the 5-kilometer Candaba Viaduct.
Last year, the company has expanded the NLEX network in the CAMANAVA with the completion of the 2.6-kilometer NLEX Harbor Link-R10 elevated section that features the new Caloocan Interchange with on and off ramps along Grace Park, the new Malabon Exit with an off ramp on Dagat-Dagatan Avenue, and the new Navotas Interchange.
NLEX is a subsidiary of the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp., the toll road arm of the Metro Pacific Investments Corp.