CAVITEX–C-5 Link
{{Short description|Toll road in the Philippines}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| country = PHL
| type = E
| route = 2
| header_type =
| name = CAVITEX–C-5 Link
| alternate_name = C-5 Southlink Expressway
| image = C-5 Southlink 3A-2 (002) 2024-06-22.jpg
| image_notes = The expressway in Pasay, near Merville, Parañaque
| maint = PEA Tollway Corporation{{cite web|url=http://www.trb.gov.ph/toll-road-projects/cavitex|title=MCTE|website=Toll Regulatory Board|access-date=May 11, 2021}} and Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation
| length_km = 7.708
| length_round = 1
| established = 2019
| length_notes = {{convert|5.7|km|abbr=on|sp=us}} currently operational as of {{Currentmonth}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}
| allocation = {{Jct|country=PHL|E|2}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/gis/rbi|title=Road and Bridge Inventory|website=Department of Public Works and Highways|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/2019%20DPWH%20ATLAS/Road%20Data%202016/02%20NCR.htm|title=NCR|website=Department of Public Works and Highways|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}
| restrictions = No motorcycles below 400cc{{cite news|url=https://www.motopinas.com/motorcycle-news/c5-southlink-opens-to-the-public-tonight-at-8-00pm.html|title=C5 Southlink opens to the public tonight at 8:00PM|first=Brando|last=Rosales|date=July 23, 2019|website=Motopinas.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}
| direction_a = East
| terminus_a = {{jct|country=PHL|N|11|name1=C.P. Garcia Avenue}} in Taguig
| direction_b = West
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=PHL|E|3|name1=Manila–Cavite Expressway}} in Parañaque
| regions = Metro Manila
| cities = Parañaque, Pasay, and Taguig
}}
CAVITEX–C-5 Link, formerly the C-5 Southlink Expressway and signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network, is a {{convert|7.708|km|mile|adj=on|sp=us}} controlled-access toll expressway in Metro Manila, connecting the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) to Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Taguig. The project is being built at a cost of {{Philippine peso|15 billion|link=yes}}. It is a joint project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority, Toll Regulatory Board, and Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation. Currently operational between Taguig up to E. Rodriguez Avenue (Segment 3A) and the segment between Parañaque Interchange up to CAVITEX Interchange (Segment 2) in Parañaque only, the remaining segment between E. Rodriguez Avenue up to Parañaque Interchange (Segment 3B) is currently under construction.
Route description
File:Taguig-Merville, C5-SLEX aerial view (Parañaque; 09-04-2022).jpg
CAVITEX–C-5 Link starts at Carlos P. Garcia Avenue (C-5) in Taguig near its interchange with the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). It then ascends as the existing flyover that crosses Skyway, the PNR Metro Commuter Line, SLEX and the at-grade expressway's service roads before descending along C-5 Extension, which serves as its frontage roads, in Pasay. It then continues its course south of Ninoy Aquino International Airport until it meets its current terminus at C-5 Road Extension in Parañaque, near Moonwalk and a Shell station. Unlike most expressways in the Philippine expressway network, the maximum speed on its existing section is {{convert|60|km/h|mph|sp=us}}.{{cite web|last=Laurel|first=Drei|date=February 23, 2021|title=Look: There's now a 60kph speed limit along the C5 Link Flyover|url=https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/motoring-news/2021-cavitex-c5-link-flyover-speed-limit-photos-a962-20210223|website=TopGear Philippines}}
The expressway's section towards the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) is under construction. It will continue its course south of the airport. It will then pass by the Global Airport Business Park and Amvel City, where an interchange towards Dr. Santos Avenue and a future toll plaza are located. A flyover crosses Dr. Santos, the LRT-1 Cavite Extension, and Diego Cera Avenue. It ends at a trumpet interchange with CAVITEX near the latter's Parañaque toll plaza.
== History ==
In 1993, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted a study on the proposed urban expressway system in Metro Manila. The master plan included the proposed Central Circumferential Expressway that would follow the old Circumferential Road 5 alignment from Navotas to Parañaque with a total length of about {{convert|45.8|km|sp=us}}.{{Cite web |date=October 29, 1993 |title=Metro Manila Urban Expressway System Study |url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11117157_01.pdf |archive-format= |access-date=April 6, 2023 |author=Katahira & Engineers International |website=Japan International Cooperation Agency}}
On December 27, 1994, a Joint Venture Agreement between the Public Estates Authority (now called Philippine Reclamation Authority) and the Malaysian group of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and Renong Berhad (Renong) was signed to develop the Manila–Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP). The project includes the original south extension of Circumferential Road 5, referred to as Segments 2 and 3.{{cite web|url=https://www.cavitex.ph/about-us/|title=About Us|website=CAVITEX|accessdate=August 17, 2024}} It was later approved by the Senate, and C-5's south extension has been made as a toll expressway. However, in 2010, the project was scrapped in favor of the toll-free C-5 Road Extension, which was controversial for traversing several of then-Senator Manny Villar's properties in Parañaque and Las Piñas.{{cite news|title=Villar intervened in C-5 project for his own benefit|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/182426/news/nation/villar-intervened-in-c-5-project-for-his-own-benefit|access-date=June 13, 2021|first=Amita|last=Legaspi|work=GMA News|date=January 25, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/02/01/10/monsod-c-5-road-extension-unnecessary-wasteful|title=Monsod: C-5 road extension unnecessary, wasteful|work=ABS-CBN News|date=February 1, 2021}} The toll expressway project was later revived as the C-5 Southlink Expressway project.
File:San_Dionisio,_Parañaque_28.jpg, Parañaque (April 2023)]]
Construction started on May 8, 2016.{{cite news|url=https://rtvm.gov.ph/groundbreaking-ceremony-of-the-cavitex-c5-south-link-project/|title=Groundbreaking Ceremony of the CAVITEX C5 South Link Project|location=Bgy. San Dionisio, Parañaque City|date=May 6, 2016|website=Radio Television Malacañang}}{{Cite news|last1=Camus|first1=Miguel R.|title=Cavitex-C5 South Link Road project starts|url=http://business.inquirer.net/210160/cavitex-c5-south-link-road-project-starts|work=Inquirer.net/Business|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=May 20, 2017}} The expressway is being built in two phases. The first phase fills the gap between the C-5 main route and the C-5 Extension near Merville, Parañaque by constructing a {{convert|2.2|km|adj=on|sp=us}} flyover over the South Luzon Expressway and Skyway. The second phase involves the construction of the Merville–R-1 segments.
Phase 1, or Section 3A-1 (C-5 to Merville), was opened to traffic on July 23, 2019.{{cite web|title=Section of CAVITEX- C5 Southlink opens|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/23/19/section-of-cavitex-c5-southlink-opens|website=ABS-CBN News|date=July 23, 2019|access-date=June 7, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Taguig-Parañaque section of C5 South Link Expressway opens to motorists July 23|date=July 23, 2019 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/702014/taguig-paranaque-section-of-c5-south-link-expressway-opens-to-motorists-july-23/story/|work=GMA News|access-date=August 18, 2019}} The {{convert|1.6|km|adj=on|sp=us}} Segment 3A-2 (Merville to E. Rodriguez) opened on August 14, 2022,{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/motoring/837378/cavitex-c5-link-flyover-extension-to-open-on-july-16-2022/story/|title=CAVITEX C5 Link Flyover extension to open on July 16, 2022|first=Ted|last=Cordero|date=July 7, 2022|accessdate=July 7, 2022|work=GMA News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/8/14/Cavitex-C5-link-flyover-extension-now-operational.html|title=Cavitex C5 link flyover extension now operational, new toll rates effective September|date=August 14, 2022|accessdate=August 18, 2022|work=CNN Philippines|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818112131/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/8/14/Cavitex-C5-link-flyover-extension-now-operational.html|url-status=dead}} with the Merville Exit opening later on October 25.
On June 23, 2024, the expressway's {{convert|1.9|km|adj=on|sp=us}} Segment 2, which runs from CAVITEX to Parañaque (Sucat) interchanges, was opened to traffic. The latter interchange is, however, independent from the existing {{convert|3.8|km|adj=on|sp=us}} section from C-5 to Barangay Santo Niño in Parañaque. Toll collection on Segment 2 began on September 23, 2024. The {{convert|2|km|adj=on|sp=us}} Segment 3B will complete the missing link, connecting the sections between the Parañaque and Merville exits. It broke ground two days earlier,{{Cite web |last=de Leon |first=Dwight |date=2024-06-21 |title=Sucat Interchange opens to motorists; no toll fees in the first month |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/sucat-interchange-opens-motorists-june-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Rappler |language=en-US |url-access=limited}} with completion slated for March 2025.{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/26/mpt-south-corp-allots-p11-9-b-to-complete-cavitex-calax-by-2024-2025|title=MPT-South Corp. allots P12 B to finish CAVITEX, CALAX|first=Khriscielle|last=Yao|date=November 26, 2024|accessdate=April 20, 2024|work=Manila Bulletin}}
=Kaingin Service Road=
In November 2024, the newly inaugurated CAVITEX Infrastructure Corporation's Kaingin Service Road (near the near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport perimeter fence) connects Multinational Avenue to the CAVITEX C5 Link Flyover Extension-Merville-C5.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=New service road opened in Parañaque|url=https://www.motopinas.com/motorcycle-news/cavitex-opens-new-kaingin-service-road-in-para-aque.html |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |work= motopinas.com|date=November 21, 2024}}
Toll
The expressway uses a barrier toll system, where motorists pay a fixed toll rate upon exit, westbound entry at Sucat Interchange, or the future Sucat toll plaza for eastbound motorists. Integrated with the toll system of CAVITEX, the electronic toll collection (ETC) system on the expressway is operated by Easytrip Services Corporation and collections are done on both dedicated lanes and mixed lanes at the toll barriers.
Tolls are assessed in each direction at each barrier, based on class. In accordance with the law, all toll rates include a 12% value-added tax.
Exits
{{PHLinttop|exit|name|append=This entire route is located in Metro Manila. Exits will be numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|hucicc=Taguig
|lspan=2
|name=Taguig
|type=incomplete
|road={{Jct|country=PHL|N|11|name1=C.P. Garcia Avenue|location1=Taguig|location2=Pasig|location3=Pateros}}
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern terminus
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|type=toll
|km=
|place=Taguig Toll Plaza (eastbound only)
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|hucicc=Pasay
|lspan=4
|type=unbuilt
|name=SLEX
|road={{Jct|country=PHL|AH|E2|name1=SLEX|location1=Manila}}
|notes=Proposed eastbound exit and westbound entrance{{cite news|url=https://business.inquirer.net/194135/mpic-unit-set-to-start-work-on-p9-b-tollroad|title=MPIC unit set to start work on P9-B tollroad|first=Doris |last=Dumlao-Abadilla|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=December 28, 2021|date=June 26, 2015}}
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|type=toll
|km=
|place=Merville Toll Plaza (westbound only)
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|name=
|type=closed
|road=C-5 Road Extension
|notes=Former western terminus (2019–2022)
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|name=Moonwalk
|type=incomplete
|road=C-5 Road Extension
|notes=Westbound exit and closed eastbound entrance{{cite news|url=https://motoringtoday.ph/page.php?id=4157&fbclid=IwAR2PX2idhJ1Gyaw34Ce-T8sltuqfDlTEDs9XvcrvEW0Ml6ojH2blsRNqoss|title=New Segments of Cavitex-C5 Link Underway|website=Motoring Today|date=February 23, 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://philkotse.com/market-news/cavitex-c5-link-merville-exit-13625|title=CAVITEX C5 Link Merville exit ramp now open|date=October 25, 2022|accessdate=November 1, 2022|website=PhilKotse.com}}
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|hucicc=Parañaque
|lspan=4
|name=
|type=incomplete
|road=C-5 Road Extension
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former western terminus (2022–2024)
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|type=incomplete
|name=Parañaque (Sucat)
|road={{jct|country=PHL|N|195|extra=airport|name1=Ninoy Aquino Avenue|road|C-5 Extension|location1=NAIA Terminals 1 and 2|location2=Sucat}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf or folded diamond interchange
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|type=unbuilt
|km=
|place=Sucat Toll Plaza{{cite AV media|url=https://www.facebook.com/cavitexpressway/videos/3732670547056636|title=Manila Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP)|publisher=CAVITEX|date=April 15, 2024|accessdate=April 20, 2024}}
}}
{{PHLint|exit|name
|type=
|name=R-1 (CAVITEX)
|road={{Jct|country=PHL|E|3|name1=CAVITEX|location1=Bacoor|location2=Las Piñas|location3=Kawit|location4=Manila|location5=Pasay}}
|notes=Western terminus; trumpet interchange
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|name|keys=closed,toll,incomplete,unbuilt|col=8}}
References
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External links
- [http://cavitexpressway.com/ Cavite Expressway]
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{{Philippine expressway network}}
{{Road infrastructure in Manila}}
Category:2019 establishments in the Philippines