Brace for heavy traffic: NLEX starts Meycauayan River Bridge improvement

MANILA: Motorists can expect heavy traffic jams in the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) as the major bridge improvements on the Meycauayan River Bridge has commenced.

In an announcement, NLEX Corporation said that the project is eyed to fix the road by reducing the potholes and other defects that typically emerge during the rainy season.

Per the tollway operator, the Meycauayan River Bridge improvement project is expected to be completed before Holy Week.

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“Please expect travel delays while this project is ongoing. We appreciate our customers' understanding as we complete these works. This short-term inconvenience will result in smoother and safer travel along this stretch of the NLEX,” NLEX Corporation President and General Manager Luis Reñon said.

With this, NLEX Corporation will close one lane at a time during weekdays — with the remaining four lanes opened to traffic during the weekend rush hours.

Aside from that, one lane of the East Service Road, between Ever Memorial Park in Lawang Bato, Valenzuela, and Libtong, Meycauayan, will being utilized as a compensating lane for vehicles traveling north.

The company also noted that as the northbound repairs are completed, work will shift to the southbound side. To address possible traffic jams, a counterflow scheme will be implemented for Manila-bound motorists while the East Service Road will continue to serve northbound traffic.

Additionally, Traffic marshals and directional signs will guide motorists during the project.

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