MMDA bares Jan. 13 traffic management plans
IN anticipation of heavy trafffic for the conduct of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) National Peace Rally on Monday ( January13) at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila City, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) bared its traffic management plans.
In a press conference held on Friday at the MMDA head office in Pasig City, MMDA Chairman Atty. Don Artes said the agency has prepared a traffic rerouting plan to ease the expected heavy traffic as they expected at least one million people from various provinces will attend the event.
“Aside from the rerouting plans, the agency shall also deploy around 1,300 personnel and will implement a no day-off, no absent policy to help assist motorists starting evening of Sunday, January 12,” said Artes.
On January 13, from 4:00 am onwards, the following roads will be closed to traffic to give way to INC’s event: Katigbak Drive, South Drive, Roxas Boulevard (from UN Avenue to P. Burgos), TM Kalaw, Bonifacio Drive (from P. Burgos to Anda Circle), P. Burgos (from Roxas Boulevard to Taft Avenue), and Maria Orosa St.
The following are the alternate routes for public utility vehicles and private vehicles going northbound from Roxas Boulevard:
– turn right to Quirino Avenue or U.N. Avenue, then left to Taft Avenue, to point of destination.
For private vehicles heading southbound from R-10 to Bonifacio Drive, going to Anda Circle, turn left to Soriano Avenue, right turn to Muralla St., turn left to Magallanes Drive, turn right to P. Burgos to Taft Avenue, going to point of destination.
For trucks going to North Harbor from SLEX, straight ahead to Osmeña Highway, turn right to Quirino Avenue, straight to Nagtahan St. going to Lacson Avenue, turn left to Yuseco St., straight ahead to Capulong St., right or left turn to R-10 Road, going to the point of destination.
Trucks coming from the Parañaque area must turn right at Quirino Avenue to Nagtahan then Lacson Avenue to the point of destination. Trucks going south may use the same route.
Artes emphasized that the agency shall allow one lane street parking for the participants and warned individuals who will violate this that the agency shall issue citation tickets and vehicles will be towed in accordance to the MMDA’s illegal parking rule.
The agency shall also designate emergency lanes particularly in Katigbak and South Drive to give way to emergency vehicles.
Meanwhile, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced the closure of the main road along Mindanao Avenue to Tandang Sora starting midnight of January 12, Sunday, to give way to the ongoing construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1.
The Tandang Sora Station Box will be constructed beneath Mindanao Avenue. To be able to do so, the DPWH has to divert traffic in both south and northbound directions; the road closure will last until 2028.
