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

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

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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