BGC-Ortigas link ready for Independence Day partial opening —Villar

The bridge connecting two major business centers is ready to serve motorists on June 12, Independence Day, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said Friday.

“As promised, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City leading to Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City will be connected to Pasig City/Mandaluyong City by the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge on the historic day our nation commemorates the 123rd Independence Day,” Villar said in a statement.

With the bridge project, Bonifacio Global City will be connected to Ortigas Center by a travel time of 12 minutes, Villar said.

At present, safety checking with final finishing touches on the four-lane 440-meter bridge are being conducted by DPWH in order to ensure that its quality and finish conform with safety standards before opening to motorists.

The Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge forms part of the P1.79-billion BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project.

The project also involves rehabilitation and widening of 476.58-meter Brixton (corner Reliance Street) to Fairlane Street and 232.34-meter BGC 8th Avenue; construction of 125-meter upward and downward ramps at Kalayaan Avenue Intersection; and construction of Lawton Avenue – Global City Viaduct.

Villar said contractors for the project committed to deliver its completion towards the last quarter of 2021.

The BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project is one of the major Build, Build, Build undertaking supportive of EDSA Decongestion Program which aims to improve the traffic situation along EDSA and other major thoroughfares in Metro Manila.

It has been designed and built to accommodate an estimated 20% of the traffic volume of EDSA and C-5 Road. —Ted Cordero/KBK, GMA News