Toll Regulatory Board OKs toll rates for CALAx Laguna segment interchanges

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has approved the rates for the interchanges of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAx), tollroads operator MPCALA Holdings Inc. said Thursday.

In a statement, MPCALA Holdings said the approved toll rates are for the Laguna Boulevard Interchange and the Laguna Technopark Interchange in Biñan.

The toll rates corresponding to the interchanges approved by the TRB and inclusive of value added tax are the following:

• Santa Rosa-Tagaytay to Greenfield (Mamplasan) Exit toll for Class 1 vehicles (private vehicles) is P47.00, for Class 2 vehicles (medium-sized trucks and buses) is P95.00, for Class 3 vehicles (large trucks, trailers) is P143.00
• For those entering from Laguna Boulevard exiting Greenfield (Mamplasan) Exit Class1 is P30.00, Class 2 is P60.00 and Class 3 P91.00.
• Santa Rosa - Tagaytay to Laguna Technopark Exit, toll for Class 1 is P32.00, Class 2 is P65.00, Class 3 is P98.00
• Laguna Boulevard to Laguna Technopark Exit, toll for Class 1 is P15.00, Class 2 is P30.00 and Class 3 is P45.00
• Santa Rosa-Tagaytay to the Laguna Boulevard Eastbound Exit, toll for Class 1 vehicles is P17.00, toll for Class 2 is P34.00, and for Class 3 is P52.00
• Greenfield (Mamplasan) to Laguna Boulevard Westbound Exit, toll for Class 1 vehicles is P30.00, Class 2 is P60.00, and Class 3 is P91.00
• Laguna Technopark to Laguna Boulevard Westbound Exit toll for Class 1 vehicles P15, Class 2 is P30.00, and Class 3 is P5.00
• Greenfield (Mamplasan) to Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Exit, toll for Class 1 vehicles is P47.00, Class 2 is P95.00, and for Class 3 is P143.00
• Laguna Technopark Class to Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road Exit, toll for Class 1 is P32.00, Class 2 is P65, Class 3 is P98.00
• Laguna Boulevard to Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road Exit, toll for Class 1 is P17.00, Class 2 is P34.00, Class3 is P52.00

Toll fees shall be effective upon opening of the interchanges targeted this August, MPCALA Holdings said.

When these interchanges become operational, motorists can enjoy access to and from the Laguna Technopark and have an alternative route to and from Nuvali via Laguna Boulevard and South Boulevard, thus decongesting Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road and other local service roads in the area, it said.

“Opening these interchanges would significantly reduce traffic to and from Laguna, Cavite, Batangas provinces and nearby areas by decongesting Laguna Boulevard and Aguinaldo Highway,” Roberto Bontia, president and general manager of MPCALA, said.

The entire stretch of CALAx has nine interchanges in the following locations; Kawit, Governor’s Drive, Aguinaldo Highway, Silang, Santa Rosa-Tagaytay, Laguna Boulevard, Laguna Technopark, and a toll barrier before South Luzon Expressway.

“Our tollroad and services shall live up to the highest standard to allow our motorists to experience the best possible convenience when travelling to the South,” Bontia assured.

The CALAX is a 45-kilometer, four-lane expressway that will soon connect the Manila-Cavite Expressway in Kawit City, Cavite to the South Luzon Expressway at Mamplasan Interchange in Biñan.

MPCALA Holdings is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation, which also holds the concession rights for the CAVITEX, Cavitex C5 Link, the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), the NLEx Connector Road, the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) and the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEx) in Cebu. — BM, GMA News