The Manila North Tollways Corporation has lighted more portions of the tollway with the view of enhancing road safety in the northbound and soutbound sections.
MNTC has extended the lighted portion of the NLEX by putting up lampposts and installing lights at the Balagtas section and at the widened areas of the expressway from Sta. Rita in Bulacan to San Fernando in Pampanga. This adds 33 kilometers of lighted area to the previous lighted 15 kilometers of the NLEX from Balintawak to Bocaue.
Close to 800 LED lights are being installed at the mainline and bridges of the said segment of the NLEX in a bid to keep the expressway safe for motorists, particularly for those driving at night.
“Adequate roadway lighting makes the NLEX safer as lights enhance the visual acuity of drivers especially at night,” said MNTC president and chief executive officer Rodrigo Franco, adding that “this project forms part of the overall upgrade of our expressways to further improve customer service to our motorists.”
The roadway lighting project will also help NLEX traffic monitoring teams and patrol officers in observing traffic conditions, and spotting and responding to road incidents since the lights will make the road highly visible at nighttime.
In another move to step up its road safety campaign, MNTC is replacing over 100 road signs in both northbound and southbound directions to remain highly visible through those signs, motorists immediately know applicable road regulations and directions. Old road signs suffer from reduced retro-reflectivity over time.
MNTC recognizes the importance of precise and appropriate road signs for safe and efficient expressway travel thus ensure that signs installed along the NLEX, as well as at the SCTEX, are consistent with the international standards.
NLEX is the premier roadway in the country, featuring modern features that enhance traffic management and communications, aside from superior pavement and other physical structures stretched to the entire length of NLEX, Subic Tarlac Expressway and Cavite Expressway.
