[talk-ph] Section 1 of TPLEx is set to open Oct 30

[Ervin Malicdem]

Go grab your Routable Garmin map of the Philippines based on OSM data for
this update for your roadtrip this holidays.

https://twitter.com/schadow1/status/415377742587498496

Ervin Malicdem
for Schadow1 Expeditions - A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own
motherland.
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On Dec 24, 2013 4:38 PM, "Eugene Alvin Villar" <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The TPLEx is now formally open as of December 23 and with the event, the
> Gerona-Paniqui section is now open! TPLEx now has an additional 5km that is
> passable and 1 new exit.
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/15.6415/120.6213
>
> http://rtvm.gov.ph/main/?p=19695
> http://www.mb.com.ph/aquino-opening-tplex-today/
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:52 AM, tutubi <tutubi at backpackingphilippines.com
> > wrote:
>
>> it's delayed as usual but it's nice still
>>
>> been waiting for the whole extension to La Union so i can drive all the
>> way to
>> Pagudpud :)
>>
>> i don't like to drive, only navigate :)
>>
>> the eastern expressway is still far off
>>
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>> On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:48 AM, Ervin Malicdem <schadow1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yey! I'll try to see if I can drive through it by November. There are
>> only 2 additional exits from SCTEX end as of the meantime.
>>
>> Ervin Malicdem
>> for Schadow1 Expeditions - A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own
>> motherland.
>> http://www.s1expeditions.com
>> Oops. The opened phase is not the whole of Section 1, but until the
>> Gerona exit only: http://osm.org/go/4zalkFsV--?m=
>>
>> Section 1 will be opened by next year.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> TPLEx is the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway and it continues the
>>> northward route of the SCTEx (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway).
>>>
>>> Section 1 is from Tarlac City, Tarlac to Rosales Pangasinan.
>>>
>>> News articles:
>>> Rappler:
>>> http://www.rappler.com/business/industries/208-infrastructure/42219-tplex-partially-opens
>>> InterAksyon:
>>> http://www.interaksyon.com/business/73478/first-phase-of-tarlac-pangasinan-la-union-expressway-opens-next-week
>>> GMA News:
>>> http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/332586/economy/companies/san-miguel-corp-led-consortium-to-soft-open-tplex-on-oct-30
>>>
>>> Wikipedia article:
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarlac%E2%80%93Pangasinan%E2%80%93La_Union_Expressway
>>>
>>> TPLEx starts here: http://osm.org/go/4zaiBORM--?m
>>> Section 1 seems to end here: http://osm.org/go/4zbhcXtB--?m
>>>
>>> While the Bing satellite imagery shows evidence of the TPLEx route due
>>> to the tell-tale signs of construction, we would definitely appreciate
>>> actual GPS traces. Bonus points if you can get traces of the on- and
>>> off-ramps for each of the expressway's exits. :-) (Ervin, go!)
>>>
>>> But I think in the meantime, we can switch the construction tags in OSM
>>> come October 30. :-)
>>>
>>>
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