Undas 2023: Temporary road closures, traffic rerouting near Manila North Cemetery

People arrive to mark All Saints’ Day at Manila North Cemetery in Manila on November 1, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — The City of Manila has issued temporary road closures, traffic rerouting, and available parking areas near the Manila North Cemetery in preparation for Undas 2023.

Below is the list of roads that will be temporarily closed to vehicles starting 10 p.m. on October 31, as posted on the city’s Facebook account on Tuesday:

• Stretch of Aurora Boulevard (from Dimasalang Road to Rizal Avenue)
• Stretch of Dimasalang Road (from Makiling Street to Blumentritt Road)
• Stretch of P. Guevarra Street (from Cavite Street to Aurora Boulevard)
• Stretch of Blumentritt Road (from A. Bonifacio to P. Guevarra Street)
• Stretch of Retiro Street (from Dimasalang Road to Blumentritt Road)
• Stretch of Maceda Street (from Makiling Street to Dimasalang Road)

Visitors to the nearby cemeteries may park in the following lots:

• P. Guevarra Street (from Blumentritt Road to Aurora Boulevard)
• Felix Huertas Street (from Blumentritt Road to Aurora Boulevard)
• Oroquieta Street (from Blumentritt Road to Aurora Boulevard)
• Simoun Street (from Dimasalang Road to Mayon Street)

Meanwhile, alternate routes for passing vehicles are as follows:

•  For La Loma and Chinese Cemeteries, take the stretch of Rizal Avenue and Jose Abad Santos Avenue as your point of entrance or exit (vice versa)
• All vehicles coming from Rizal Avenue intending to utilize Blumentritt Road shall continue straight on Rizal Avenue to their point of destination.
• All trailer trucks and heavy vehicles coming from A.H. Lacson Avenue, intending to utilize Dimasalang Road, shall go straight to Yuseco Street to reach the point of destination.
• All vehicles coming from Dimasalang Road intending to utilize Blumentritt Road shall turn right onto Makiling Street, straight to Blumentritt Exit. to the point of destination.

JMS