The prohibition against light trucks along EDSA and Shaw Boulevard will be re-implemented beginning Monday, May 24.
This was bared by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in an advisory Wednesday, May 19. Violators of the rule will be slapped with a P2,000-fine, the agency said.
The uniform ban against light trucks shall be enforced from Monday to Saturday, except during Sundays and holidays. Under the ban, trucks which have a gross capacity weight of 4,500 kilograms and below are prohibited from traversing EDSA from Magallanes, Makati City to North Avenue, Quezon City, both northbound and southbound, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The same ban will be enforced on Shaw Boulevard (Mandaluyong City and Pasig City), but during two windows: from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and again from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.