{
  "id": 731357,
  "title": "Philippines: SLEX to Bicol — the 30-minute drive that could break Quezon’s traffic nightmare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/philippines-slex-to-bicol-the-30-minute-drive-that-could-break",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T04:25:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippines-slex-to-bicol-the-30-minute-drive-that-could-break-quezons-traffic-nightmare-1.500639203"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Manila: For motorists heading from Metro Manila to Quezon and Bicol, the journey south has long been defined by one frustrating bottleneck: the stretch of the Maharlika Highway between Sto. Tomas, Batangas and Tiaong, Quezon. That may finally begin to change this year. The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) now says the first three packages of the South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 4…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}