REPAIRS. Workers reblocking the EDSA-Roxas Boulevard flyover in Pasay City on July 9, 2023. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will allow continuous road diggings from 11 p.m. on March 27 to 5 a.m. on April 1, 2024 as there will be a downturn in vehicular traffic due to the Holy Week. (PNA file photo by Avito C. Dalan)
MANILA – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will allow government and private construction projects to conduct round-the-clock road diggings beginning Wednesday until the early hours of Easter Monday.
MMDA acting chair Romando Artes said the order aims to take advantage of the expected downturn in vehicular traffic in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the Holy Week.
“Nasa 100 po na road diggings sa Metro Manila, i-a-allow po natin ‘yan 24 hours starting 11 p.m. ng Wednesday hanggang 5 a.m. ng Monday (There will be around 100 road diggings in Metro Manila, and we’re going to allow that 24 hours a day starting 11 p.m. on Wednesday until 5 a.m. on Monday),” Artes said in a press conference at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange on Monday.
The projects include those by the Department of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and private contractors.
He instructed the project leads to ensure that roads are clear and vehicular traffic has normalized by 5 a.m. on April 1.
Some of the scheduled road diggings are:
--Batasan-Commonwealth tunnel, Filinvest 1 Road to fronting Sandigan (1st lane from plantbox), Quezon City
--West Avenue, Ligaya Street to Del Monte Avenue (1st lane from sidewalk), Quezon City
--Luzon Avenue SB, Congressional Avenue Extension to before Luzon Flyover (1st lane from center), Quezon City
--Commonwealth Avenue, Landbank to Elliptical Road (3rd lane from the sidewalk), Quezon City
--Mindanao Avenue, Tandang Sora Avenue to Longines Street (truck lane), Quezon City
--Mindanao Avenue Tunnel to Sauyo Road (truck lane), Quezon City
--Payatas Road, Batasan Road to Bayanihan Street, Quezon City
--Payatas Road between Singko Street and Leyte Street, Quezon City
--Payatas Road before Maynilad Pumping Station to Petron Gas Station (1st lane from sidewalk), Quezon City
--IBP-San Mateo Road, Quezon City
--Roxas Boulevard NB between Lourdes Street and Vicente Sotto Street, Pasay City
--Roxas Boulevard NB between Remedios Street and Pasaje Del Carmen Street, Pasay City
--Roxas Boulevard EDSA Flyover SB bridge approach (outer and inner lanes), Pasay City
--South Super Highway East Service Road, Parañaque City
--EDSA NB Guadalupe before bridge (3rd lane), Makati City
--EDSA NB Guadalupe P. Burgos Street near Jollibee and McDonald's (4th lane), Makati City
--EDSA NB Guadalupe JP Rizal Extension (2nd lane), Makati City
--EDSA NB Guadalupe JP Rizal Extension near stoplight (2nd lane), Makati City
Artes also announced that the number coding scheme is suspended on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
To ensure a smooth flow of traffic, especially for those exiting NCR, the MMDA has deployed 2,274 traffic and emergency enforcers.
“Babantayan natin ang mga pangunahing lansangan, yung papunta po ng SLEX, NLEX, ganun din po sa mga papunta sa mga convergence points tulad ng airports, terminals, at ‘yung mga pier po natin o pantalan (We will be managing main throughfares, those headed to SLEX, NLEX, and convergence points like airports, terminals, and piers or ports),” he said. (PNA)
