The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) was well prepared to welcome the delegates to the 21st Ad Congress which opened in Subic on Wednesday.

Weeks before the start of the Ad Congress the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) instructed its SCTEX interim service provider Tollways Management Corp. (TMC), to outline preparations so SCTEX is ready for the much awaited 21st Philippine Advertising Congress (PAC) set for November 18–21 this year.

The Congress is being held in Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center. Delegates are housed in several hotels also in Subic.

BCDA program manager for operational support services and spokesperson Robert C. Gervacio said early preparationshad been made since more than 5,000 PAC delegates are expected to attend the four-day event and consequently use the country’s longest tollway.

“We want the advertising CEOs and other top executives to have a seamless travel experience as we have always guaranteed,” Gervacio said.

BCDA’s instructions to TMC came after the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Ad Congress organizers officially designating Subic as the ad congress venue for this year.

Gervacio said deployment of more traffic enforcers and determination of alternative traffic routes are among the basic steps TMC may undertake to ensure the smooth flow of traffic along the 94-kilometer stretch of the SCTEX.

Though many delegates may book themselves within the SBMA facilities, some may opt to stay in Clark or somewhere else outside Subic. The participants will likely tour Central Luzon to take advantage of their four-day visit.

“We will soon see these visitors shuttling between SBMA and the rest of Central Luzon’s economic hub and tourist destinations. Therefore, we want to be prepared,” Gervacio emphasized.