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Vehicles pile up, commuters walk as INC holds med mission on Commonwealth Avenue
Vehicles started piling up on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Tuesday morning as a portion of the highway was closed due to a medical mission by religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC).
The INC started setting up tents along the said main road from Sandiganbayan to Litex late Monday evening.
Part of Commonwealth Avenue from Sandiganbayan to Litex, QC closed due to INC Medical Mission | @allangatus pic.twitter.com/U5ucZamK6A
— GMA News Breaking (@gmanewsbreaking) 16 May 2016
Some commuters decided to walk along the road after having a hard time hailing public utility vehicles.
Counterflow at commonwealth ave as of 7:40 am due to INC medical and dental mission @gmanews @YouScoop pic.twitter.com/5Oh3HBHtVP
— Timothy M. (@thatmetalgear) May 16, 2016
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority deployed traffic enforcers to manage the rerouting of the vehicles passing by the area.
The MMDA announced that all vehicles traveling to Fairview will have to take a right turn at the Sandiganbayan and exit at Litex.
All public transportation will be given two lanes to establish a counterflow so they can pick up and drop off commuters along Commonwealth Avenue-Sandigan towards Litex Road.
The rerouting will take effect from midnight of May 17 up to midnight of May 18.
The INC medical mission will provide free services including medical and dental check up, blood and urine examination, pregnancy test, ultrasound, chest X-Ray, ECG, and circumcision.
Mga tent at upuan na gagamitin sa INC Medical and Dental Mission, nakalatag na sa Commonwealth Ave. QC @ pic.twitter.com/Ufho9BSAee
— Allan Gatus (@allangatus) 16 May 2016
—Kiersnerr Gerwin Tacadena/KG, GMA News
