MMDA sets 60kph maximum speed limit on Edsa, other major roads

MAXIMUM SPEED The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Friday, April 5, 2019, the establishment of 60 kilometers per hour maximum speed limit on Edsa and other major roads in Metro Manila. INQUIRER/NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines – Motorists will now have to keep their pace within the maximum speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour (kph) on Edsa and other major roads in Metro Manila or be fined P1,000 every time they breach the newly imposed rule, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Friday.

In its Regulation No. 19-00, MMDA has set the maximum speed limit and penalty with the aim of averting accidents along main roads in the metropolis.

According to MMDA, road accidents “can be largely attributed to over speeding.”

The 60 kph maximum speed limit policy will be enforced on the following roads:

Circumferential roads

Recto Avenue

Pres. Quirino Avenue

Araneta Avenue

Edsa

C.P. Garcia Avenue

Southeast Metro Manila Expressway

Radial roads

Roxas Boulevard

Taft Avenue

South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)

Shaw Boulevard

Ortigas Avenue

Magsaysay Boulevard/Auroro Boulevard

Quezon Avenue/Commonwealth Avenue

A. Bonifacio Avenue

Rizal Avenue

Del Pan/Marcos Highway/McArthur Highway

Buses and trucks, however, are exempted from the 60 kph maximum speed limit policy, according to the MMDA regulation. /kga

Photo from MMDA Spokesperson Celine Pialago

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