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MMDA to deploy 1K personnel for 5th SONA; issues list of alternate routes

Published Jul 24, 2020 02:49 pm

Over 1, 000 personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deployed on Monday (July 27) to manage traffic and clear road obstructions on major thoroughfares in Quezon City for President Duterte’s 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The MMDA personnel who will be on duty for the SONA are traffic enforcers, Road Emergency Group personnel, Motorcycle Patrol Units, and members of the Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group. All will be equipped with raincoats in readiness for ill weather. 

“The MMDA is in close coordination with the Presidential Security Group, Quezon City Police District, and Department of Public Order and Safety to ensure a peaceful and orderly SONA. All assigned personnel to report to their designated posts as early as 4:30 a.m.,” MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said.

Because of the expected heavy traffic congestion  on Commonwealth Avenue and the vicinity of Batasang Pambansa Complex, the agency advised motorists to take alternate routes on Monday.

The alternate routes identified by MMDA are:

  •  NORTHBOUND (Quezon Memorial Circle to Fairview): From Elliptical Road (QMC), take North Avenue, Mindanao Ave., Quirino Highway, Commonwealth Ave., to destination. 
  • SOUTHBOUND (Fairview to Quezon Memorial Circle): From Elliptical Road (QMC), take Commonwealth Ave., Quirino Highway, Mindanao Ave., North Ave., to destination. 
  • For LIGHT VEHICLES (Northbound: QMC to Fairview) via Marikina: From Elliptical Road (QMC), turn right Maharlika, turn left Mayaman, turn right Maginhawa, turn left C.P. Garcia, turn right Katipunan Ave., turn left A. Bonifacio Ave., straight to Gen. Luna Ave., turn right Kambal Road, turn left GSIS Road, turn left Jones St., turn right Gen. Luna Ave., straight to A. Mabini St., turn left Rodriguez Highway, turn left Payatas Road to destination.
  •  For LIGHT VEHICLES (Southbound: Fairview to QMC): From Elliptical Road (QMC), turn right Luzon Ave., turn right Tandang Sora Ave., turn right to Central Ave. to destination. 
  • For LIGHT VEHICLES (QMC to Fairview): From Elliptical Road (QMC), turn right University Ave., turn right C.P. Garcia Ave., turn right and U-turn to Katipunan Ave., turn right Commonwealth Ave., turn right Maharlika, turn left Masaya, turn right Maginhawa, turn left Magiting, turn right C.P. Garcia Ave.,, then U- turn and turn right Commonwealth Ave. to destination.

Per the MMDA, they will open zipper lanes or allow the counterflow of vehicles along Commonwealth Avenue at Quezon Memorial Circle, UP Techno Hub, and Tandang Sora to accommodate the volume of vehicles on the northbound lane.

Plastic barriers and traffic cones will be installed to guide the motorists in the use of the zipper lanes, the agency said.

"Ambulances, tow trucks, military trucks, and other resources, will be placed on standby in case of any untoward incident that may happen," the MMDA said.

Days before the SONA, the MMDA said members of Task Force Special Operations will remove illegally-parked vehicles and other road obstructions from the following areas: Batasan Hills, Litex Road, Tandang Sora, Visayas Ave, Congressional Avenue, C-5 Road, Magiting, Maginhawa, Mayaman, and Kalayaan. 

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