Skip to main content

Philippines: Leighton and DM Consunji to develop Calax project

Leighton Holdings and DM Consunji have been chosen by Metro Pacific Investment to develop the Cavite-Laguna Expressway – Calax -- project in the Philippines. Work on the US$757 million is set to start in July next year and run to July 2020. Maintenance and operations on the 47km highway is under a 30-year contract running from 2020. The motorway will start at Cavitex and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange.
August 6, 2015 Read time: 1 min
2474 Leighton Holdings and 3192 DM Consunji have been chosen by Metro Pacific Investment to develop the Cavite-Laguna Expressway – Calax - project in the Philippines.

Work on the US$757 million is set to start in July next year and run to July 2020.

Maintenance and operations on the 47km highway is under a 30-year contract running from 2020. The motorway will start at Cavitex and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange.

The Australia-based Leighton would be in charge of stage one of the project. Stage two of the project, which is valued at around $371 million, would be conducted by DM Consunji.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • $5.16 billion for two Philippines’ expressways
    February 21, 2025
    US$5.16 billion will be spent on two expressways in the Philippines.
  • Australia's key upgrade
    February 9, 2012
    Plans are now in hand for Australia's US$223 million (A$240 million) project to upgrade Brisbane's Gateway Motorway. The work includes widening the Gateway Motorway from four to six lanes.
  • The Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway
    September 19, 2021
    The 8.5km CCLEx, as it is known, will include the longest and tallest bridge in the Philippines when the structure is finished next year
  • Slovakia: D4/R7 Bratislava bypass work to start early this year
    January 10, 2017
    Construction will start early this year on 59km of highway as part of the D4/R7 bypass of the Slovakian capital Bratislava. Ferrovial through its subsidiaries Cintra Infraestructuras and Ferrovial Agroman is leading the consortium on the public-private partnerships deal worth around €1.9 billion, according to media reports. Ferrovial reached financial close on the project in June, noting that their investment would be around €975 million. The first stage of the design, build, financing, operate and ma