A striking 95 billion pesos project that will revive a dead river is planning to take off

A striking 95 billion pesos project that will revive a dead river is planning to take off. yes this is the pasig

river expressway or PAREX. a venture that will link the eastern and western parts of metro manila making

traveling easier than ever before. after all this drive is expected to cut travel time between manila to

resolve from 70 minutes to just a remarkable 15 minutes. in addition, it will remove the pollution of the

pasig river and bring it back to its former glory. although reviving this river seems unbelievable at first,

after all it has sustained decades of debris and garbage but san miguel corporation president ramon ang

plans to make this possible. the parex was introduced as a solution within a solution as it was hoped to

see life in the pasig river along with a 19 kilometer long expressway that will help decongest metro

manila.

the freeway will ideally reduce travel time from r10 to c6 to just 15 minutes and will serve as a direct

route from the east to west of metro manila and vice versa. in addition the tollway will provide

alternative access points to business districts such as makati ortigas and Bonifacio global city.

according to the toll regulatory board the development of the elevated expressway will take around

three years to be completed, as to who will be on point for the proposed freeway. the parex will be a

joint project agreement between the Philippine national construction corporation and the san miguel

holdings corporation. when will construction begin? well the members of the toll regulatory board have

already approved of it in principle however the building of this megastructure is yet to officially start.

once achieved it will greatly benefit motorists that need to travel between rizal and manila or anywhere

else in Luzon for that matter, given how parex is intended to connect to other expressway projects such

river rehabilitation commission which spearheaded the still-ongoing pasig river rehabilitation master

plan was abolished by president Rodrigo duterte back in november 2019 with the range transferred to

the manila bay task force.

anyway what can you say about the pacific river expressway is it the answer to bringing back the

health and prosperity of river and a much needed relief to congestion or is it a death sentence for the

estuary?