Lapu-Lapu Expressway

The Lapu-Lapu Expressway (LLEX), is a proposed 12 km elevated toll expressway, which will connect Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in Barangay Gabi, Cordova. The project was designed to cut travel time from Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Cebu City, and to maintain traffic congestion in the city and the crowding of motorists in the main highway.

The expressway is set to be operational by 2025. And if once completed, the expressway is projected to serve 50,000 vehicles per day, and will be the first skyway built outside the National Capital Region (NCR).

Construction and ground-breaking of the expressway was expected to start in September 2023, but necessary permits were still needed to be complied before the civil works of the Lapu-Lapu Expressway will start. The start of construction was instead targeted by the first quarter of 2024.

The project was estimated to cost ₱24.8 billion, and will be built under a public-private partnership.

Route description
The 12-kilometre elevated expressway was aimed to connect Mactan-Cebu International Airport to the South Road Properties (SRP), and cut travel time by seven minutes. The expressway will pass through several barangays. Starting at Barangay Babag, passing through the Mactan Economic Zone (MEPZ), Mactan Aviation Road, Barangay Pajac, Buaya, Bankal, Ibo and ending in Pusok. The expressway will include exits to barangays, resorts and subdivisions. These exits are provided to cater to residents living in barangays Pajac and Bankal, as well as to the hotels and resorts in Punta Engaño.

Operation
The expressway will be operated and maintained as a toll road by the Lapu-Lapu Expressway Corporation, a consortium between Premium Megastructure Inc. (PMI), MTD Philippines, and Ulticon Builders Inc, for the next 35 years. The project will be built via a public–private partnership (PPP) scheme, between the Lapu-Lapu Expressway Corporation and the Lapu-Lapu City Government.