MMDA reroutes traffic for PBBM first SONA
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement a traffic rerouting plan for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25.
In a news release issued Monday, MMDA officer-in-charge Baltazar Melgar said 1,133 personnel from the Traffic Discipline Office, Road Emergency Group, Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group, Flood Control, and Metrobase will be deployed along Commonwealth Avenue and other roads leading to and within the vicinity of the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, where the SONA will be held.
“Personnel assigned are tasked to manage both vehicular and pedestrian traffic; emergency response; clearing operations; assist in crowd control; and support the operations of the Task Force SONA 2022, Philippine National Police, National Capital Region Police Office, Quezon City Police District, Presidential Security Group, and Quezon City government to ensure a peaceful and orderly SONA,” Melgar said.
Ambulances, tow trucks, fire trucks, mobile patrol units, motorcycle units, among others, will also be deployed at designated routes and staging areas. Philippine News Agency
