CLLEX Aliaga-Cabanatuan segment toll free until December —Marcos

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Tuesday announced that the Aliaga-Cabanatuan segment of the Central Luzon Expressway would be toll free until December.

Marcos made the remark as he graced the opening of CLLEX Contract Package 4 Aliaga-Cabanatuan Section in Nueva Ecija. The President said this project is part of the measures to ease travel time and reduce traffic in most parts of the country. 

''Itong kalsadang ito ay siguro hanggang Disyembre ay toll free ito. Kaya libre muna. Kaya puwede nang dumaan ang mga iba't ibang truck para puwede na silang mag – marelyebo natin pa ang traffic sa MacArthur para ‘yun, ulit, bibilis,'' Marcos said.

(This road will be toll free until December. It will be free for now. Various trucks will be able to use it so we can manage the traffic on MacArthur [Highway] so travel time will be faster.)

''Basta’t bumilis ang biyahe eh nababawasan ang bayad sa konsumo at ‘yung produkto na dinadala ng ating mga truck ay hindi tataas ang presyo. Kaya ‘yan ang malaking epekto dito,'' he added.

(When travel is made faster, the cost of fuel will be lower and the prices of goods being delivered by the trucks will not have to be increased. So that is the big effect here.

The construction of the 29.2-kilometer four-lane expressway seeks to improve access between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City. This will also decongest traffic along Daang Maharlika. 

Its total project cost was P14.94 billion. —KG, GMA News