The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has reopened the Dario Bridge U-turn slot in Quezon City to help ease traffic congestion on the northbound lanes of EDSA.
MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said the reopening of U-turn slot at Dario Bridge aims to decongest traffic and reduce motorists’ travel time in the area.
“This would benefit the motorists because they can make a U-turn easily with a shorter route.”
“This would benefit the motorists because they can make a U-turn easily with a shorter route,” said Abalos.
The traffic chief added that he already coordinated with the private contractor of the Common Station connecting the Metro Rail Transit and Light Rail Transit, a project of the Department of Transportation, which is located between SM North Edsa and Trinoma in Quezon City.
“I have requested BF Corporation to move back their fences at their work area to open more lanes for passing motorists and fill it with gravel so traffic obstruction could be avoided,” the traffic head stressed.
He said the U-turn slot was previously closed to give way to the EDSA Bus Carousel.
“Traffic studies showed that opening them would improve traffic flow in the area.”
However, traffic studies showed that opening them would improve traffic flow in the area.
Meanwhile, Abalos said the agency is in constant coordination with concerned government agencies to improve mobility and keep traffic flow moving in the metropolis amid the increase in the number of vehicles on the road.
“The next big thing in the next two years is the widening of the Balintawak area, one of the traffic-prone areas, that would widen the area to five lanes. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall work on the project for a period of one to two years,” he said in a press briefing held at MMDA headquarters in Makati City.
There is also a proposal to widen the Camp Crame area in Quezon City, Abalos added.
To open more alternate routes, the agency shall also intensify its road clearing operations on Mabuhay lanes, together with the Department of Interior and Local Government and local government units.
“We shall intensify the clearing of Mabuhay lanes so they can be accessible, free from illegal obstructions,” he said.
Abalos believes that mass transportation and ongoing infrastructure projects are the additional solutions to reduce the volume of traffic in the metropolis.
He said the number of vehicles is beginning to increase, with the gradual return to normal of public activities in Metro Manila.
