Villar leads inauguration of major highway

Senate President Manny Villar inaugurated today a major thoroughfare in Pasay and Parañaque that is envisioned to decongest traffic in the South of Metro Manila.

The P68-million newly constructed C5-Merville Access Road is a project of Villar as part of his road improvement program.

"An efficient and rationalized road network is one of the fundamental requirements in improving commerce and spurring economic progress. People will greatly benefit from faster delivery of basic goods and services," Villar said.

The opening of the new access road will benefit thousands of commuters and will usher in major development in the area. When completed, the road will connect the northern part of Metro Manila to the southern cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas.

The 6.10-km road is designed to decongest the main road networks such as South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), EDSA, Pres. Quirino, MIAA Road Networks and Roxas Blvd. It starts from SLEX west service road passes through MIAA Property, RSG Subdivision and Kaingin Road towards Multi-National Avenue and ultimately traverses SM, AMVEL towards Sucat Road in Parañaque City.

The inauguration of the C5-Merville Access Road was also attended by the officers and members of the Merville Park Homeowners' Association, Inc., Pasay City Mayor Peewee Trinidad, Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando, Asst. Secretaries Cynthia Norton and Ramon Aquino.

Villar was also responsible for the Las Piñas-Muntinlupa-Laguna-Cavite (LPMLC) link road, more popularly known as Daang Hari, and the Zapote-Molino Link Road which greatly eased traffic in Cavite.

As Representative of Las Piñas, he is responsible for the opening up of the 'Friendship Route,' which allowed the public access to subdivision roads in the southern cities of Metro Manila thereby easing the problem of traffic gridlock during rush hours.