The Cebu Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC) capped off its year by extending relief supplies to its host communities ravaged by Typhoon Odette.
On December 31, 2021, CCLEC and its parent firm, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), distributed 2,000 packs of relief goods—1,000 for families in Cebu City and 1,000 for families in the Municipality of Cordova.
CCLEC is the builder and operator of the 8.9-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project, which will provide the third link from Mactan island through Cordova Municipality to mainland Cebu through Cebu City’s South Road Properties.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and CCLEC President and General Manager Allan G. Alfon.
The relief supplies included rice, assorted canned goods, milk, coffee, and noodles. Each pack is worth P500, totaling P1 million for the 2,000 packs.
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) also distributed lugaw packs, food packs, and sacks of rice. With water supplyand power systems downed by the typhoon, MPIC also handed out water filters and solar lamps.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama received the relief supplies from CCLEC President and General Manager Allan G. Alfon while Cordova Municipal Administrator Gerra Pardillo-Palsario and Municipal Social Welfare Department Head Perlito Mahinay received the goods on behalf of the municipality.
Turnover of relief goods to the Municipality of Cordova with Municipal Administrator Gerra Padillo-Palsario, Municipal Social Welfare Department Head Perlito Mahinay, and CCLEC employees.
On December 29, MPIC, MPTC, and CCLEC also distributed Noche Buena packs to 200 fisherfolk in Cordova.
The distribution formed part of the MVP Group of Companies’ Tuloy Pa Rin Ang Pasko campaign, an initiative that seeks to spread positivity and holiday cheer in communities during the Christmas season.
The distribution was attended by Cordova Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho and Vice Mayor Ximgil Dino Sitoy. Mayor Cho thanked CCLEC for the donation, saying it lifted the spirits of the fishers, encouraging them not to lose hope despite the tragedy caused by Typhoon Odette.
CCLEX is MPTC’s first toll road project outside Luzon. CCLEX is a project of CCLEC in partnership with the local government units of Cebu City and Municipality of Cordova.
CCLEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPTC, the toll road arm of MPIC, a publicly listed infrastructure holding company and a member of the MVP Group of Companies.
Distribution of Noche Buena packs to 200 fishermen in Cordova together with Mayor Mary Therese Sitoy-Cho and Vice Mayor Ximgil Dino Sitoy.
MPTC is the largest toll road concessionaire and operator in the Philippines, which expansion goals include establishing toll operations in the Visayas, other parts of the Philippines, and in neighboring countries notably Vietnam, and Indonesia.