Tag: Traffic

Some M. Manila roads to undergo repair, reblocking

(Eagle News)–Several Metro Manila roads are scheduled to undergo repair and reblocking, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. The MMDA said the following roads will undergo the work starting Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 p.m.: Southbound Edsa Camp Crame to after Annapolis Street (beside MRT-3) Edsa before Estrella (outer lane) Edsa Panorama building to Bansalangin Street (1st lane from sidewalk) G. Araneta T. Arguelles to Bayanin (1st lane from sidewalk) Eastbound Quirino Highway Quezon City […]

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Pimentel to Congress: Revisit grant of emergency powers to President to resolve traffic problems

(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel has urged Congress to revisit the proposal to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to address what he said was the worsening traffic in Metro Manila. Pimentel, however, stopped short of saying the powers should be granted to the President, who had requested for the same upon assumption of office. This even as he acknowledged that those emergency powers may allow the government to immediately enter into projects that can […]

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Sotto, Recto reject Erice proposal to ban private cars on Edsa during rush hours

(Eagle News)–At least two senators thumbed down the proposal to ban private cars on Edsa during rush hours. “It’s not a well-thought out idea,” Senate President Tito Sotto said of Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice’s proposal to keep those vehicles from the main thoroughfare from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “He says dagdagan ang buses during that time, then where do you dump the thousands of buses that ply […]

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Poe on grant of emergency powers: I’m not against it but it can’t be a “shotgun approach”

(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe on Friday, Sept. 13, maintained she was not against the grant of emergency powers for traffic problems to be addressed but said this “cannot be a shotgun approach.” “For you to give something as immense as the emergency powers, you have to be sniper accurate… It’s like giving a loaded gun to a child if they don’t have a plan,” she said. According to Poe, “there are already several laws in […]

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Poe says with respect to addressing traffic problems, Tugade “did not perform”; “Sus, masyadong bilib sa sarili,” Tugade fires back

DOTr says traffic management not part of its mandate (Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe believes Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade should be replaced because of the unresolved traffic problems on Edsa. In an interview over ANC’s Headstart, Poe said with respect to traffic, Tugade “did not perform.” “That’s what they keep saying, ‘E papaano naman? E hindi naman sa amin ang MMDA (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) at HPG (Highway Patrol Group)?’ Oo pero sa Inyo rin naman […]

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Poe still not convinced grant of emergency powers to Duterte needed to address traffic problem

(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe is still not convinced President Rodrigo Duterte needs to be given emergency powers for the traffic problem in Metro Manila to be resolved. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Poe, the chair of the Senate committee on public services, said there were other things that the Department of Transportation could do on its own without  the powers. During her panel’s hearing on the proposed bus ban on Edsa, Poe said […]

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Several M. Manila roads to undergo reblocking, repair starting Friday, Aug. 16

(Eagle News)–Several roads will undergo reblocking and repair starting Friday, Aug. 16. The Department of Public Works and Highways said the following roads will undergo the work  starting 11 p.m. Edsa southbound Fronting Sojen and Chevrolet, fifth lane from sidewalk Magallanes-Baclaran bus stop to Magallanes – Alabang bus stop, outer lane Eugenio Lopez Drive to Scout Borromeo northbound Before New York St, 1st lane from sidewalk Katipunan Ave.  southbound Boni Serrano tunnel, truck lane Quirino […]

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Senate sets probe into Edsa gridlock to Tuesday, Aug. 13

(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 […]

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Duterte to Año: Suspend local gov’t officials who do not take action vs vehicular congestion

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to suspend local government officials who do not ensure the “speedy and smooth flow” of traffic in their areas of jurisdiction after a period of time. In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte said these officials, after all, along with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, should “undertake immediate action” to address the vehicular congestion problem. “Reclaim all public roads that […]

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Around 300 HPG personnel to be deployed to help manage traffic on roads

(Eagle News)—Around 300 personnel from the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group are set to be deployed to help in traffic enforcement in the country. The commitment to deploy the policemen in support of  “wider, more sustained and intensified” Inter-agency Council for Traffic (iACT) enforcement operations was contained in an agreement  signed by  Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. Earlier this March, Tugade also ordered the deployment of Philippine Coast Guard for […]

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Duterte recalls then-presidential bet Roxas managing traffic in QC; says former Interior secretary should have been a traffic aide instead

(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 […]

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NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, bubuksan na sa mga motorista sa Pebrero 26

(Eagle News) — Luluwag na ang trapiko sa Metro Manila sa oras na buksan ang North Luzon Expressway- Harbor Link Segment 10. Ito ang tiniyak ni Department of Works and Public Highways Sec. Mark Villar sa isinagawang inspeksyon sa 5.65 kilometero na portion ng NLEX Harbor Link Segment 20 mula sa Karuhatan, Valenzuela City patungo sa Bagong Caloocan Interchange sa bahagi ng C3 Road, Caloocan City. Ayon kay Villar, bubuksan ang NLEX Harbor Link Segment […]

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