MMDA conducts clearing operations on alternative routes amid EDSA road repairs

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Saturday conducted clearing operations along the proposed alternative routes amid the road repairs being done in EDSA. 

The clearing operations were done in Mabuhay Lanes, Timog, Tomas Morato, and West Avenue.

Tickets were issued to parked vehicles as well as public vehicles loading and unloading in unauthorized areas.

According to the MMDA, the road repairs being done in the EDSA carousel will continue until 5:00 A.M. on August 9.

The affected roads are:

• Both directions of the EDSA Busway in Caloocan
• Road along SM North Edsa to MRT Quezon Avenue station
• In front of Corinthian Gardens past Camp Aguinaldo
• In front of the BBM headquarters and near Ricoa in Mandaluyong City
• Four other areas are in Makati City, from the Guadalupe Bridge to Rockwell Kalayaan Footbridge

Repairs on EDSA that began Friday night and has led to traffic build-up on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, the traffic build-up on the northbound lane stretched from North Avenue to just before the Quezon Avenue flyover in Quezon City. —JISELLE ANNE CASUCIAN/ VAL, GMA Integrated News