Metro Pacific is working on an expressway, Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CTBEX). I think the name is redundant, because Tagaytay is in Cavite. But that’s not why I’m writing this. I’m writing this because you need to know whether to use CTBEX or San Miguel’s Cavite-Batangas Expressway (CBEX).
Round 1 - Interchanges
CBEX is a 27.06-kilometer toll road traversing through the municipalities of Silang, Amadeo, Tagaytay, Indang, Mendez, and Alfonso in Cavite, as well as Nasugbu in Batangas where a San Miguel Corp. company also operates a toll expressway, the 41.9-kilometer Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, which is commonly known as STAR Tollway.
CBEX is planned to have three access or interchange points. These are in Silang, Cavite; Tagaytay; and Nasugbu/Alfonso.
Meanwhile, CTBEX of the Metro Pacific Tollways group will traverse mostly the rural areas of Silang, Tagaytay, Amadeo, Mendez, Alfonso, and Magallanes in the Cavite province and Nasugbu in Batangas. In 2018, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) awarded MPCALA Holdings, Inc., a unit of MPTC, the OPS for CTBEX.
The project will have interchanges in Silang, Pook, Aguinaldo, Amadeo, Mendez, Alfonso, Magallanes, and Nasugbu.
“This project aims to provide a free-flowing, high-facility alternative route for traffic presently plying Aguinaldo Highway and Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road, which are experiencing congestion during peak periods and weekends,” the DPWH said on its website.
(The following is from me)
Round 2 - Links to Other Expressways
I heard from a YouTube video (https://youtu.be/GwZcPis_RZI) that CTBEX will have a link to the Silang East interchange on Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), and last from there until JP Laurel Street in Nasugbu, Batangas. On the other hand, from what I read on https://www.philstar.com/business/2022/09/14/2209491/smc-bags-ops-cbex, CBEX will have no link to any other expressway.
In conclusion, CTBEX gets the upper hand. It will have eight interchanges as opposed to the three on CBEX. CTBEX also has a link to CALAX, making travel from Cavite & Nasugbu to Biñan faster.
But, of course, we’ll just see what happens. We’re not 100% sure about this. One project, or perhaps, both, may be cancelled.
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