The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will resume the implementation of the truck ban policy in the metropolis starting next week.
MMDA General Manager Jose Arturo Garcia said the reimposition of the truck ban is to alleviate the heavy traffic this holiday season.
He also cited the “clamor” of metro mayors for the resumption of the ban due to the increase in the number of vehicles plying the roads this Christmas season.
“Vehicles travelling the streets of Metro Manila increase as Christmas approaches so we will return the implementation of the truck ban beginning Monday to help ease traffic,” Garcia said on Thursday.
Large trucks are prohibited along major thoroughfares in Metro Manila managed by the MMDA from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays.
Under the MMDA’s existing truck ban policy, the truck ban is suspended on Sundays and holidays on major thoroughfares in the metropolis except on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA).
Trucks are prohibited along EDSA, from Magallanes Interchange in Makati City to North Avenue in Quezon City, from Monday to Sunday.
Meanwhile, the MMDA said the number coding scheme for private vehicles will remain suspended.