MMDA Chair Don Artes holds a press conference on Friday, October 18, 2024. —Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has laid out its preparations for this year’s All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day, locally known as “Undas.”
MMDA Chair Romando Artes met on Friday with officials of the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group and National Capital Region Police Office, as well as the traffic bureau chiefs of Metro Manila local governments to discuss their respective traffic management plans and emergency responses for the Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 long weekend.
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Artes said concerned agencies should prepare for the expected exodus of passengers going to provinces by implementing effective measures to alleviate traffic flow in major thoroughfares and in roads leading to and from major cemeteries in metropolis.
He said the MMDA will deploy a total of 1,257 personnel from its Traffic Discipline Office, Special Operations Group-Strike Force, Metro Parkways Clearing Group and Road Emergency Group who will focus on priority areas such as bus terminals, cemeteries and major thoroughfares.