MANILA, Philippines – Trucks will be banned from Metro Manila's roads again on Tuesday, September 15, according to a Memorandum signed by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) last September 4.
Trucks will not be allowed on any Metro Manila roads from 6 am to 10 am and then again from 5 pm to 10 pm.
A total truck ban on heavy trucks will be implemented 24 hours a day on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) and in the Ortigas, Fort Bonifacio and Makati business districts.
According to the memorandum, the ban on trucks is also meant to ensure that delegates from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which the Philippines is hosting this year, are able to go to their meetings without being too delayed by traffic jams. The Manila leg of the summit is set to begin on September 16.
The resolution, however, allows trucks to take these northern routes:
1) From Port Area to North Diversion Road
Option 1: From Pier Zone, traveling northward along R-10, turn right Capulong towards Tayuman, straight ahead towards Governor Forbes, left on Maria Clara, left on Dimasalang, right on Blumentritt, left on A. Bonifacio and find their way to the north.
Note: The route is subject to ongoing construction of the Blumentritt Interceptor. The DPWH project will render Blumentritt impassable to trucks, subsequent to the passage of this Resolution.
Option 2: From the Port of Manila go straight to R-10, turn right at C-3, left on A. Bonifacio Avenue to NLEX and to destination.
2) From North Diversion Road to Port Area
Take Balintawak, straight to A. Bonifacio Avenue, turn right at 5th Avenue/C-3 (east side), turn right at 5th Street, left at 7th Avenue, left at Baltazar Street, right at 5th Avenue C-3 (west Side) then left at R-10 to destination.
Note: The route “From the north and travelling southward along A. Bonifacio Avenue right Blumentritt, left Aurora Boulevard, right Dimasalang, right Aragon Street, right Governor Forbes towards Tayuman and Capulong, left R-10 to the Pier Zone” is not passable at present due to ongoing construction on Blumentritt.
The MMDA notes, however, that the MMDA may ban trucks on these northern routes on certain days, depending on APEC activities.
The ban is in effect until further notice. – Rappler.com