MMDA traffic rerouting scheme in QC due to SONA

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has issued a traffic rerouting scheme in Quezon City on the day of President Benigno Aquino III’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27.

In an advisory, the MMDA said the northbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue from Ever Gotesco to St. Peter Church would be closed to traffic starting 3 a.m. on Monday.

The agency said a zipper lane will be opened at the southbound lane of Congressional Avenue from Jocfer Building to the Commission on Audit building to accommodate northbound vehicles.

Motorists were advised to take the following alternate routes:

• Along North Avenue, take Mindanao Avenue, and turn right to Quirino Highway to destination and vice versa.
• Along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), turn right to Congressional Avenue, turn left to Mindanao Avenue, turn right to Old Sauyo Road, straight to Don Julio Gregorio and Republic Avenue, turn left to Chestnut, turn right to Dahlia Avenue, turn left to Fairlane or Regalado Avenue to destination and vice versa.

The MMDA said it would deploy 1,200 personnel to manage vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

“We will deploy enough traffic constables to manage the traffic flow on Monday. We will implement our traffic management plan to ensure unimpeded travel of motorists as much as possible,” MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said.

Tolentino said fire trucks and ambulances would be on standby.

Heavy traffic is expected on Monday on roads leading to and near the Batasan Pambansa as thousands of protesters will be on the streets in time for Aquino’s last SONA.

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) will be in charge of the peace and order.