ANOTHER road project is targeted to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila as the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corporation plans to develop a 2-kilometer expressway between the Mindanao Avenue toll plaza and Quirino Highway in Novaliches, Quezon City.

The corporation said the construction of the P2 billion project is set to begin within the second half of the year.

'The construction of this new P2- billion expressway section will be welcome news for NLEX commuters who currently face daily traffic gridlock in the congested portions of Mindanao Avenue. Eventually, this section will be integrated into the future NLEX expansion to C5 /C.P. Garcia near Katipunan Avenue. We foresee an interconnected tollway network that will be accessible to the west, east, north, and south sides of Metro Manila,' said NLEX Corporation President and General Manager J. Luigi Bautista.

Bautista added the new section is part of the Build, Build, Build program of the administration and of the 11.5-kilometer NLEX C5 Link between Mindanao Avenue, Quirino Highway, Regalado Avenue, Congressional Avenue and C.P. Garcia Avenue in Quezon City.

NLEX said the entire NLEX C5 Link project is expected to benefit 45,00 motorists daily and is seen to cut travel time between Mindanao Avenue to Commonwealth Avenue to 10 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes.