“THE EXPRESSWAY has made business and other activities easier not only for Clark investors but also for Angeles City residents and commuters.”
So hailed Jeannie del Rosario-Ng, president of the Clark Investors and Locators Association, of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
Indeed, the SCTEx did a lot of good in boosting economic enterprises between the once twin bastions of American imperial might in the Asia-Pacific region.
Indeed, major investors at both Subic and Clark have only praises for the SCTEx for effecting time efficiency, and smooth travel.
“We are using the SCTEx, on through NLEx (North Luzon Expressway) to and from Manila, avoiding the traffic congestion at MacArthur Highway.” So was quoted David Marr, president of the Philippine Sundt Construction and Development Corp.
“It helps reduce our travel time. It serves as the best alternative route to the traffic-choked Dau area.” So said Nanette Qua of American Global.
“The Clark South (ingress-egress) has been a great help to commuters from NLEx to SCTEx, on to the Clark Freeport. So enthused Mike Sozon of Clark Liberty Warehouse Club.
Indeed, even US-based Filipinos have found cause for pride and celebration in such a “world class” highway finally being built in the Philippines.
The testimonies of the CILA people are all valid. All true. Yeah, SCTEx is one piece of travel heaven. That is the Subic-Clark stretch. Only.
Going through the Clark-Tarlac portion though is one hell of a drive. Pockmarked. Water-clogged. Uneven and heavily scaled. That is the road surface.
The –CTEx is a challenge to the most daredevil of drivers: with the odds heavily favoring the devil there.
Just this Saturday past, we took the SCTEx on our way to a weekend of fun at the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City, Pangasinan.
The “world-class” highway suddenly turned third-world one-way for several kilometers, with one or two heavy equipment lazing away where there’s supposed to be some on-going repair work. Sorry for the inconvenience? Damn the SCTEx management for the public inconvenience!
Going back home Sunday, the Matatalaib-Maliwalo approach to the SCTEx is as it was when I took it December of last year from a sojourn in Vigan, Ilocos Sur – still bereft of the necessary signages.
Yes, the large signboard is there at the entry point by the MacArthur Highway, and then the three small ones posted on the most inconspicuous spots at looooooong intervals and finally the big one a kilometer from the SCTEx entry.
We complained about this to the BCDA management at the Christmas party they tendered for the media and were promised of “immediate action.”
Yeah, that immediacy has taken all of eight months – and still counting.
SCTEx, its management most particularly, really sucks.
So hailed Jeannie del Rosario-Ng, president of the Clark Investors and Locators Association, of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
Indeed, the SCTEx did a lot of good in boosting economic enterprises between the once twin bastions of American imperial might in the Asia-Pacific region.
Indeed, major investors at both Subic and Clark have only praises for the SCTEx for effecting time efficiency, and smooth travel.
“We are using the SCTEx, on through NLEx (North Luzon Expressway) to and from Manila, avoiding the traffic congestion at MacArthur Highway.” So was quoted David Marr, president of the Philippine Sundt Construction and Development Corp.
“It helps reduce our travel time. It serves as the best alternative route to the traffic-choked Dau area.” So said Nanette Qua of American Global.
“The Clark South (ingress-egress) has been a great help to commuters from NLEx to SCTEx, on to the Clark Freeport. So enthused Mike Sozon of Clark Liberty Warehouse Club.
Indeed, even US-based Filipinos have found cause for pride and celebration in such a “world class” highway finally being built in the Philippines.
The testimonies of the CILA people are all valid. All true. Yeah, SCTEx is one piece of travel heaven. That is the Subic-Clark stretch. Only.
Going through the Clark-Tarlac portion though is one hell of a drive. Pockmarked. Water-clogged. Uneven and heavily scaled. That is the road surface.
The –CTEx is a challenge to the most daredevil of drivers: with the odds heavily favoring the devil there.
Just this Saturday past, we took the SCTEx on our way to a weekend of fun at the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City, Pangasinan.
The “world-class” highway suddenly turned third-world one-way for several kilometers, with one or two heavy equipment lazing away where there’s supposed to be some on-going repair work. Sorry for the inconvenience? Damn the SCTEx management for the public inconvenience!
Going back home Sunday, the Matatalaib-Maliwalo approach to the SCTEx is as it was when I took it December of last year from a sojourn in Vigan, Ilocos Sur – still bereft of the necessary signages.
Yes, the large signboard is there at the entry point by the MacArthur Highway, and then the three small ones posted on the most inconspicuous spots at looooooong intervals and finally the big one a kilometer from the SCTEx entry.
We complained about this to the BCDA management at the Christmas party they tendered for the media and were promised of “immediate action.”
Yeah, that immediacy has taken all of eight months – and still counting.
SCTEx, its management most particularly, really sucks.
