Clare Henney: Yay Cavitex!

12:00 PM | | Posted by Clare Henney

8S9PNHCHK3RK Going to the Metro is one of the things that I hate the most. For one, it takes too long just to get out of where I’m from to Coastal Road just so I could get to the city. Being in the Metro itself is even more frustrating because of the impossible traffic. One of the things that I am grateful for is Macapagal Boulevard, which makes it easy for me to avoid traffic at Roxas Boulevard when I have to be at the Metro. These days, Macapagal combined with the new Cavite Expressway (aka Cavitex) has made things even better. Getting to Coastal Road from Cavite and back is much faster and more convenient with Cavitex.

I love how Cavitex has cut my travel time significantly since it was opened. It usually takes me an entire day to get to the city and back to the office. Normally I’d have to leave very early and I still get home pretty late in the afternoon or early evening. These days I can leave late in the morning and still get back before 5PM. Sure, the Cavitex toll costs P58.00 and that’s apart from the toll at Coastal Road which costs an additional P22.00 but I think it’s worth the speed and convenience that it has given me. Combine that with the toll-free C5 and the shortcuts through the Fort area in Taguig to get to the north and I’m one happy camper on the road these days.

On one end, it’s good to have this new road because it makes travel time to Metro Manila faster for both private and public vehicles but on another it also makes it difficult for people who have to go to Bacoor, Cavite because most public vehicles lately opt to skip their town because of Cavitex.  I’ve heard that people who commute have recently found it difficult to go to Bacoor and back because of it.  It can still be done, but it is harder now more than ever.

The situation kind of reminds me of Radiator Springs in the movie Cars.  When the new road was built, people started skipping their town.  I’m sure the municipality of Bacoor won’t allow that to happen so I hope they can do something so that people won’t be discouraged from going to their town because of the recent route public vehicle have started to take due to the Cavitex.

Oh well, we can’t have it all I guess.