Tag: Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge

Poe urges gov’t to reconsider 30-month closure of Estrella-Pantaleon bridge

(Eagle News)—Senator Grace Poe on Friday, Jan. 11, urged the government to reconsider its 30-month closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge. According to Poe, some 500,000 motorists will be inconvenienced by the closure, which the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said would start on Saturday, Jan. 19. The senator also noted  the project contractor, China Communications and Construction Corp., was “banned by the World Bank in 2009 for anomalies related to several multi-billion-peso Philippine road projects it had funded.” […]

MMDA: 30-month closure of Estrella-Pantaleon bridge starts on Saturday, Jan. 19

(Eagle News)—The 30-month closure of the Estrella-Pantaleon bridge will begin on Saturday, Jan. 19, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said on  Friday, Jan. 11. According to  MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia, the closure of the bridge to pave the way for its widening will begin at 4 a.m. The closure was supposed to have pushed through in September but this was deferred following an outcry from motorists who frequently use the bridge to go to Mandaluyong […]