FILE PHOTO: Motorists are enduring heavy traffic along Edsa in this file photo taken in November 2021. INQUIRER.net file photo / JONATHAN VICENTE
MANILA, Philippines — The expanded number coding scheme will be suspended for three days next week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Monday.
These will be on October 30 (Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections), November 1 (All Saints’ Day), and November 2 (All Souls’ Day).
“Suspendido ang pagpapatupad ng expanded number coding scheme sa mga susunod na araw na idineklara bilang special non-working days,” MMDA said in its social media posts.
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(The implementation of the expanded number coding scheme is suspended on the following days that are declared as special non-working days.)
The number coding scheme typically runs during rush hours from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Under this, vehicles with plate numbers ending in 1 and 2 will not be allowed to use public roads on Mondays, 3 and 4 on Tuesdays, 5 and 6 on Wednesdays, 7 and 8 on Thursdays, and 9 and 0 on Fridays during the mentioned hours.
Public utility vehicles, transport network vehicle services, motorcycles, garbage trucks, fuel trucks, marked government vehicles, trucks, ambulances, marked media vehicles, and vehicles carrying essential and perishable goods are exempted from the scheme.