South Metro Manila Skyway Project
The South Metro Manila Skyway Project (SMMSP) is a modern six-lane elevated toll expressway built above the existing at-grade highway from Buendia in Makati City to Alabang in Muntinlupa City. It includes the rehabilitation of the South Luzon Expressway from Magallanes to Alabang.
Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation, the SMMSP developer, initiated the implementation of an integrated toll road network that is easily one of the country’s most significant infrastructure projects to date, aimed at helping decongest Metro Manila’s major road system and increase the area’s economic opportunities.
Known as the Skyway System, SMMSP effectively doubles the road capacity to accommodate 300,000 vehicles daily, easing the flow of traffic between the country’s major urban centers and the industrial heartland. Designed in accordance with various national and international construction standards, it can withstand strong earthquakes, seismic threats common in the Philippines, which lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
2 Stages of the SMMSP
SMMP is composed of two stages, one of which is already complete and the other currently under construction.
Stage 1 consists of the construction of the 9.53-kilometer elevated expressway from Buendia to Bicutan and the rehabilitation of the 13.5-kilometer at-grade level from Magallanes to Alabang. Stage 1 was completed on schedule and was made fully operational by July 1999.
Stage 2 involves the construction of the 6.88-kilometer elevated expressway extension from Bicutan to Alabang. Project construction started in May 2009 and is expected to be finished in May 2011, within the 24-month schedule approved by the Toll Regulatory Board.
