The North Luzon Expressway and the Subic Clark Tarlac
Expressway will implement an express payment program, the “Holy Week Express Lane ”. The program is intended for Class 1 vehicles
traveling to the North this Holy Week. Class 1 vehicles include cars, vans and
jeepneys. The program will start at 2 pm
of April 4 (Holy Wednesday) and will end at 5 pm of April 5 (Maundy Thursday). It seeks to shorten transaction time in busy
plazas like Dau-Mabalacat in Pampanga, Subic-Tipo and the Tarlac exits in
SCTEX.
Under this program a Class 1 motorist exiting Dau and
Subic-Tipo or Tarlac via SCTEX may already pay his/her toll fees in full as
he/she passes the Balintawak or Mindanao
Avenue Toll
Plazas . Motorists exiting Dau will pay a total toll
fee amounting to P218.00 while motorists exiting Subic
via SCTEX will pay P408.00 and motorists exiting Tarlac via SCTEX will pay
P322.00. This program aims to alleviate queuing at the Toll Plazas especially
during peak hours of the Holy Week exodus. Designated Express Lanes are located
at the left side of the Toll
Plazas. Motorists intending to use the
Express Lanes should keep left as they approach the toll plazas for their entry
and exit.
Ambulant Tellers and Spare Lanes
To speed up transactions at the NLEX, ambulant tellers will
be deployed and spare lanes will be
opened at the Balintawak, Mindanao
Avenue and Dau Toll Plazas during peak hours. At SCTEX,
manual lanes will be set up at Tarlac and Tipo Exits. The deployment of
ambulant tellers may be expected on the afternoon of April 4 (Holy Wednesday)
till the afternoon of April 5 (Maundy Thursday). Deployment is also set on
April 7 (Black Saturday) until April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan) at the Southbound
Bocaue, Dau and Mabalacat
Toll Plazas .
Additional Traffic Management Personnel
NLEX/SCTEX traffic personnel will extend working hours to
ensure the smooth flow of traffic during the Holy Week exodus. Additional
traffic vehicles and enforcers will likewise be deployed to ensure high
visibility and immediate assistance to distressed motorists. These additional
traffic enforcers will be deployed from April 3-10. They will closely monitor
traffic in Balintawak, Mindanao
Avenue , Dau and Bocaue, Mabalacat, Tipo and Tarlac
and will be ready to assist at Interchanges and stretches of expressways in
case of traffic build up.
Balagtas Interchange
NLEX recently opened the Balagtas Interchange, which
connects to the Plaridel Bypass
Road , a DPWH project, making Northbound travel
easier for those going to the towns of Plaridel, Bustos and San Rafael in Bulacan and the provinces of
Nueva Ecija, Quirino, Isabela and Cagayan. Instead of taking the Sta.Rita
Northbound Exit, motorists may now exit through the Balagtas Interchange.
Heading back to Manila ,
motorists may take the South Bound direction of the new interchange.
Traffic Increase
The Tollways Management Corporation (TMC), operator of the
NLEX and SCTEX expects traffic to increase by 15 to 20 percent from the daily
average of vehicles this coming Holy Week.. This daily average of vehicles in
NLEX is 160,000 and 24,000 in SCTEX . Traffic is expected to become heavier
starting in the afternoon of April 4 (Holy Wednesday) until the morning of
April 5 (Maundy Thursday).
On the other hand, heavy volume of vehicles traveling back
to Manila is
expected from the afternoon of April 7 (Black Saturday) to the evening of April
9 (Araw ng Kagitingan).
More motorists are expected to go to the provinces this year
because of the long weekend.
Hotlines
With the experience of TMC in the past holidays, the
manpower and equipment that will be deployed are sufficient to ensure safe,
fast and comfortable travel inside the expressway. For assistance and
inquiries, motorists are advised to call the NLEX hotline (02) 580-8910, 35000
or (0920) 96-SCTEX (72839) for SCTEX. These hotlines are available 24 hours a
day. They may also the website www.tollways.net.ph and the NLEX-SCTEX Facebook
account Travel On Great Roads.
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