The City of Manila announced on Saturday, Sept. 23, the closure of some roads in the city for the "Alay Lakad 2023" on Sunday, Sept. 24.
The Alay Lakad is a program of the "Alay Lakad Foundation Inc."
The event will start on Sunday at 5 a.m. at Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park in Ermita.
The city government said the following roads will be closed from 3 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday:
Stretch of Bonifacio Drive Southbound (from Anda Circle to Katigbak Drive); stretch of Roxas Boulevard Southbound (from Katigbak Drive to Pablo Ocampo); Katigbak Drive and South Drive; Independence Road; and Kalaw Avenue Westbound (from Marcelo H. Del Pilar to Roxas Boulevard).
It advised the motorists to take the following alternative routes:
All trucks and trailer trucks coming from Delpan Bridge shall turn around at Anda Circle to northbound lane of Mel Lopez Boulevard/Road 10 to C-3, or turn right to Capulong to reach their point of destination.
All light vehicles coming from Anda Circle intending to utilize the southbound lane of Bonifacio Dr. shall turn right to A. Soriano Avenue, straight to Magallanes Drive, to the point of destination.
All vehicles coming from the three bridges: McArthur, Jones, and Quezon Bridge, intending to utilize the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard from Padre Burgos, shall take Round Table then to Ma. Orosa, to the point of destination.
All vehicles coming from General Luna Street intending to utilize the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard from Padre Burgos shall take Round Table, then to Ma. Orosa St., to the point of destination; and
All vehicles coming from the westbound lane of Kalaw Avenue intending to utilize the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard shall turn left to Marcelo H. del Pilar, then turn right to United Nation Avenue, then left to Roxas Boulevard service road, to the point of destination.