MANILA, Philippines — The soon-to-be-completed 8.5-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) has been chosen as one of the key sites related to what’s been dubbed as an “epic milestone” –the quincentennial anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world.
The CCLEX, which is now in its final stages of construction, spans the Mactan Channel linking Cebu City with the Municipality of Cordova and outlying towns of Cebu Province. According to CCLEX builder Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), the “iconic” tollway bridge was selected by the National Quincentennial Commission (NQC) “among history-making structures built-in time for the half-a-millennium anniversary w…
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