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(Eagle News)—The Department of Public Works and Highways on Friday, May 17, advised motorists to use alternate routes with some portions of Edsa and C5 slated to undergo reblocking and repair. In an advisory, the DPWH said the construction work will start on this day at 11 p.m. and will end on Monday, May 20, at 5 a.m. Below are the affected portions: Edsa Southbound – MRT truck lane, fronting Solid North Transit Inc. terminal […]
(Eagle News)–A police officer was shot dead on board his motorcycle on Edsa on Tuesday, March 26. Authorities have yet to identify the victim, who was wearing his uniform when the incident happened around 3 p.m. near Connecticut in Greenhills, San Juan, southbound. No details are available so far.
(Eagle News) — A passenger bus burst into flames early evening of Friday, March 22, 2019, along the northbound side of EDSA, particularly near the EDSA Shaw tunnel, allegedly after it overheated. No one was reported hurt after the VTSC bus with plate number TXX 274 caught flame, according to authorities. Firemen immediately arrived at the scene and put out the fire. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) also posted a tweet about the vehicular […]
(Eagle News) — Some roads in Metro Manila will undergo repair from March 22 to 25, the Department of Public Works and Highways announced. In a Facebook post, the DPWH said the repair of parts of C5, Edsa and Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard in Manila will take place from Friday, March 22, at 11 p.m. to Monday, March 25, at 5 a.m. According to the DPWH, the following are the specific road parts that would be […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Transportation’s MRT-7 Project Traffic Management Task Force has announced the closure of selected lanes on North Ave., East Ave. and Elliptical Road in Quezon City on Thursday, March 21. In an advisory, the task force said the EDSA-bound lanes of North Avenue from Elliptical Road up to Mindanao Avenue will be closed starting 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, March 22. It said on the same night, one lane along Elliptical […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, March 8, said former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas should have been a traffic aide instead. Duterte made the comment as he recalled how Roxas, who is running for a seat in the Senate in the upcoming May elections, “was managing traffic.” He was apparently referring to then-presidential candidate Roxas managing congestion caused by the 2009 State of the Nation Address of then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Commonwealth Ave. in […]
(Eagle News)–At least two people were killed and another was injured in a shooting incident on Edsa on Sunday, Feb. 17. Police said Jose Luis Yulo, a businessman from Alabang and Allan Santos were declared dead in the hospital after unidentified gunmen on board motorcycles, who had driven close to their vehicle as it was plying the southbound lane of the thoroughfare near Reliance St. in Mandaluyong, fired at the rear window past 3 p.m. A […]
(Eagle News) — Sinimulan nang ipatupad ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang bus segregation policy sa southbound lane ng EDSA. Sinabi ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na layon nitong mabawasan ang masikip na daloy ng trapiko sa kahabaan ng EDSA. Ayon kay EDSA Traffic Chief Bong Nebrija, sa ilalim ng naturang polisiya, ang city buses ay mananatili sa first at second lanes ng EDSA. Ang provincial, point-to-point at tourist buses naman ay ililipat […]
(Eagle News) –Pinag-iisipan ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang posibilidad ng pagdadagdag ng isang lane sa kahabaan ng EDSA, ngunit ang kapalit nito ay ang pagpapakipot sa kasalukuyang mga lanes. Ayon kay MMDA Spokesperson Celine Pialago, sa ilalim ng “road diet” magiging 2.8 meters na lamang ang lawak ng isang lane sa edsa mula sa kasalukuyang 3.4 meters. Isa aniya ito sa pinag-aaralan ng MMDA na solusyon upang mapagaan ang trapiko. Kung sakaling maipatupad […]
(Eagle News) — Edsa has a new traffic czar. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia named Bong Nebrija to the post to help ease vehicular congestion in one of Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares. Prior to his new assignment, Nebrija was head of the MMDA’s Task Force for Special Operations. As chief of that unit, Nebrija had been actively going around the metropolis to clamp down on vendors illegally selling on sidewalks and on illegally parked […]
(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority appealed to mall owners to systematically manage the vehicles entering and leaving their parking lots to ensure there would be no vehicular congestion in nearby areas. “Alam naman po natin na talaga pong ngayong mga panahon na nearing the end of the year marami po talagang dumadagsa na ating kababayan dito sa Metro Manila para mamili,” MMDA Special Operations Task Force Commander Col. Bong Nebrija said in […]
(Eagle News)—-The woman who was seen dancing on Edsa in a viral video has apologized. The 23-year-old woman personally went to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to issue the apology to MMDA spokesperso Celine Pialago. She said she was willing to pay the violations she incurred by dancing on the bus lane of the busy Edsa Kamuning flyover. She said her friends who were heard cheering her on in a vehicle were also willing […]
