Metro Cebu Expressway  temporarily closed to motorists

CEBU, Philippines —  Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has ordered the temporary closure along the stretches of Metro Cebu Expressway in the City of Naga to motorists, especially these holidays due to landslides being experienced along stretches on the said area.

The governor said in a post by Sugbo News, the official Facebook page of the provincial government, that she asked the PNP provincial director, Police Col. Percival Zorilla, to alert all the PNP in the area of Naga to put up a barrier so that they will first close off this road until there will be enough measures to be put in place to safeguard the lives of motorists.

The portions of the expressway that have been closed starts in Handog Industrial Gases Riverside III, Inayagan, Barangay Cantao-an, to Sugbu ACS Trading in Sitio Upper Bayong, Barangay Inayagan, City of Naga.

Motorists may use the diversion roads in Brooklyn, Naalad, Naga, and in Tungkop, Minglanilla.

Due to heavy rains in the past few days, portions of the road collapsed and cracked, and minor landslides were also recorded.

Once completed, the expressway will serve as another north—south backbone highway, enabling a continuous traffic flow from the City of Naga in the south to Danao City in the north while traversing the slopes of Cebu’s scenic mountain range.

It is intended to considerably reduce traffic congestion in Metro Cebu, particularly in the city’s urban core and Central Business Districts.

The construction of the said expressway was part of the Build Build Build Program of the Duterte administration.

The project which is a high standard arterial road that would serve as an alternative north-south backbone highway, is the biggest infrastructure project ever in Cebu’s history.

The expressway is a 73.75-kilometer-high standard arterial road, it is composed of three segments, the 26.8-kilometer that will connect the town of Minglanilla, Talisay City, Cebu City, Mandaue City and Consolacion town in Cebu; the 29.799-kilometer second segment will expand it to Danao City; and the final 17.15 kilometers section would connect it to City of Naga. (CEBU NEWS)