Traffic over the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) – Metro Manila’s land gateways to northern and southern provinces – have started to build up as more individuals start returning to their provincial homes for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
Updates from the NLEx Corporation on Thursday evening, October 30, 2025, showed that the Balintawak Toll Plaza at the northbound lane is experiencing heavy traffic due to the high volume of vehicles moving north.
According to the update, posted after 6:00 p.m., estimated vehicle speed after the Balintawak Toll Plaza ranges from just 10 kilometers per hour (kph) to 20 kph.
The Toll Regulatory Board also posted a video over SLEx’s Southwoods area, showing that the southbound lane enjoys light traffic, while the northbound lane is already slow-moving.
A separate update from SLEx-MATES showed that traffic build-up has reached the following length at these areas:
Skyway northbound lane
Bicutan area: tail end at approximately 3 kilometers
Sucat area: tail end at approximately 1 kilometers
Skyway Main (Bravo from Extension): tail end at approximately 3 kilometers
Skyway southbound lane:
Magallanes/Sales area: tail end at approximately 3 kilometers
Runway area: tail end at approximately 2 kilometers
Dona Soledad exit: tail end at approximately 3 kilometers
SLEx at-grade level northbound lane:
Bicutan exit: tail end at approximately 3.5 kilometers
Sucat area: tail end at approximately 4.5 kilometers
SLEx at-grade level southbound lane:
Bicutan exit: tail end at approximately 3.5 kilometers
Aside from NLEx and SLEx, traffic is also getting heavier at the NAIAx, which connects SLEx and the Skyway Stage 3 to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) terminals eastbound lane:
Electrical road area: tail end at approximately 1.5 kilometers
Old NAIAx (going to Makati): tail end at approximately 800 meters
Skyway Stage 3 northbound lane:
Quezon Ave. exit: tail end at approximately 5 kilometers
Del Monte Toll Plaza: tail end at approximately 200 meters
Balintawak offramp: tail end at approximately 200 meters
Skyway Stage 3 southbound lane:
Buendia area: tail end at approximately 4 kilometers