President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led on Monday, March 27,  the inauguration ceremony of the first section of the NLEX Connector, a five-kilometer elevated expressway, expected to improve mobility in Metro Manila and seen to further push more economic development opportunities in north and south Luzon.

Joining the President in the inauguration rites of the Caloocan-España Section were Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista.  

Also present were Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) and Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) Chairman Manuel Pangilinan, MPTC President Rodrigo Franco, and NLEX Corporation President J. Luigi Bautista.