NLEX CORP. said it reopened all four northbound lanes of the Marilao segment of North Luzon Expressway following emergency repairs.
“While all lanes are now passable, supporting steel poles will remain on the lanes to allow concrete curing of the bridge. With this development, traffic flow in Marilao Northbound is expected to improve and normalize in the next few days,” NLEX, a unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), said in a statement on Thursday.
NLEX had closed two northbound lanes at Marilao after the Marilao Interchange bridge was struck by an 18-wheeler truck on March 19.
The repair was originally scheduled for completion by March 28, NLEX said, adding that the company accelerated repairs with round-the-clock work.
On Sunday, NLEX announced that it was temporarily waiving tolls on the northbound segment of the expressway from Balintawak to Meycauayan starting March 24 to provide relief to motorists.
MPTC is the tollways unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp., one of the three key Philippine subsidiaries of Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd., alongside Philex Mining Corp. and PLDT Inc.
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