Work on the US$757 million is set to start in July next year and run to July 2020.
Maintenance and operations on the 47km highway is under a 30-year contract running from 2020. The motorway will start at Cavitex and end at the SLEX-Mamplasan Interchange.
The Australia-based Leighton would be in charge of stage one of the project. Stage two of the project, which is valued at around $371 million, would be conducted by DM Consunji.
