Metro Manila Skyway

Not much has happened today. We did a little bit of cleaning in the house and gardening.

For people living in Metro Manila and having a car, one must have gone on the South Luzon Highway and possible also on the Skyway. They seem to extend now the Skyway from Bicutan to Alabang, which is Phase 2. It should have been started in 2005 and finished in 2007, but with many delays, it only started sometime late last year. This construction will go on for a while, and I don't see it finished in 2 years' time.

We occasionally drive by there, and they have placed a few pillars already (the amount of steel and concrete that goes in these pillars is incredible), and the middle of the road is already been barricaded to Sucat interchange.

You can see the red lines as Phase 2 extension on the map (southern part) and Phase 3 will extend from Buendia to Balintawak interchange (connecting the North Luzon Highway). This is all overhead road where one never will encounter much traffic. They are trying to match the road infrastructure of Malaysia. In ten years' time, Manila will look a lot different with hopefully good traffic flow. They are toll roads and one must pay money for using these roads.