MANILA, Philippines—A row erupted between conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) over the regulator’s “inaction” on the SMC petition to collect any toll and a disagreement on completion milestones of the massive Skyway Stage 2 elevated expressway in Metro Manila.
This culminated in SMC unit Skyway O&M Corp. announcing on Twitter late evening on Monday (March 15) that it would indefinitely close the Skyway 3 until it met government requirements, surprising thousands of motorists, who use the expressway, and even the TRB, which had been blamed for issuing the directive to the conglomerate.
SMC recalled the announcement on Tue…
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