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By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Upang maibsan ang pagbigat ng trapiko sa mga pangunahing kalsada ngayong nasa ilalim na ng Alert Level 2 ang NCR, balak na ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na ibalik ang number coding scheme pero tuwing rush hour lamang. Itoy dahil pa rin pagbabalik normal ng mga volume ng mga sasakyan na dumadaan sa mga kalsada sa metro manila lalo na sa kahabaan ng EDSA. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Aug. 24, denied the government was pushing for the imposition of toll fees on Edsa. “Wala pong ganung initiative sa pamahalaan ni Presidente (Rodrigo) Duterte,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, if there was any proposal to that effect, “ibang Presidente po iyon.” Roque echoed the statement of the Department of Transportation on Friday, days after a news report quoted Transportation Road Sector Consultant Assistant Secretary […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has denied it was proposing the establishment of a toll road along Edsa. The agency issued the statement, following a media report quoting Transportation Road Sector Consultant Assistant Secretary Bert Suansing as saying the government was planning to implement a toll fee system along the major thoroughfare. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 21, the DOTr said the toll road along Edsa was an “idea” or “concept” suggested by “various […]
(Eagle News)–Three EDSA decongestion projects may be completed by the end of this year. Public Works Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, in-charge of the Unified Project Management Office Operations and Technical Services, said this was after the Department of Public Works and Highways secured a commitment to fast-track the construction of Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link Road, Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, and Binondo-Intramuros Bridge from contractors and consultants. The P5.7-billion Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link Road Project is […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has junked the petitions filed against the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s order banning provincial bus bans along Edsa. In its resolution cited in a notice provided to the media, the en banc cited a violation of the hierarchy of courts in the filing of the petitions of Ako Bicol Party-list, Rep. Joey Salceda, Bayan Muna Party-list chair Neri Colmenares and several others against MMDA Regulation 19-002, which specifically bans or revokes […]
(Eagle News)-The number-coding scheme is lifted for provincial buses on selected days for the holidays. In a memorandum, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority assistant general manager for operations Roberto Almadin said the suspension on Dec. 23, 24, 26, 27, 31 and on Jan. 2, 2020 was to give way to passengers going back to the provinces and vice versa during the holidays. The scheme is automatically lifted on Dec. 25, 31 and on Jan. 1, 2020 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has yet to determine which local government units are fully compliant with the order to clear all roads of obstructions. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the deadline for the clearing, after all, is Sept. 29, based on Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s Memorandum Circular No. 2019-121 issued on July 29. Año issued the memorandum in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to clear public roads in his […]
(Eagle News)–Several roads in Metro Manila are scheduled to undergo road reblocking and repair from Friday, Aug. 23. The Department of Public Works and Highways said the following roads will undergo the work starting 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Edsa southbound from Magallanes-Baclaran bus stop to Magallanes-Alabang bus stop, outer lane southbound from Eugenio Lopez Drive to Scout Borromeo (desilting and construction of manhole) northbound from Main Avenue to P. Tuazon, […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, Aug. 13, proposed the transfer of government offices to the provinces to decongest Edsa. Sotto and Gatchalian, who authored Senate Bill No. 876 that seeks the transfer of these offices including Malacañang to Clark, reiterated the proposal during the Senate panel on public services’ hearing on the Edsa provincial bus ban on Tuesday, Aug. 13. “Kung ililipat mo ang Malacañang sa Clark, nililipat mo […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate has set an inquiry into the traffic gridlock on Edsa that brought problems to motorists and commuters on Wednesday, Aug. 7, amid the strict implementation of the yellow lane for buses and the dryrun for the provincial bus ban. In a statement, Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Committee on Public Services, said the public hearing was slated on Tuesday, August 13, at 10 a.m. She said transport officials will be invited […]
(Eagle News) — Some Metro Manila roads are slated to undergo reblocking and repair starting Friday, June 7. Below is a list of the roads that will undergo the reblocking, according to the Department of the Public Works and Highways. Southbound C-5 near Market! Market! (2nd lane beside U-turn) Edsa before Aurora Boulevard (first lane from sidewalk) and after Aurora Boulevard to Arayat (first lane from sidewalk) Edsa in front of Guzent Construction Equipment (first […]
(Eagle News)– Parts of Edsa and C5 are scheduled to undergo reblocking and repair. The Department of Public Works and Highways said the maintenance work is slated to take place from Friday, May 24, to Monday, May 27. EDSA – southbound from Lagarian Creek to New York Street beside sidewalk (intermittent section) – southbound before Monte de Piedad to near EDSA Boulevard Tunnel, 4th lane from sidewalk (intermittent section) – northbound 50 meters after Magallanes […]
