Traffic heavy in Juaning-affected areas in Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines – Traffic has been reduced to a crawl along the southbound lane of Edsa as rains spawned by Tropical Storm “Juaning” continued to drench Metro Manila Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.

Philip Gregorio of the MMDA Metrobase said that heavy traffic was monitored along the southbound lane of EDSA from Buendia to Timog. He said that the northbound lane was moderate to heavy from Buendia to Guadalupe.

Along C5, from Libis to Bagong Ilog, traffic is moderate to heavy, Gregorio said.

Traffic in the rest of Metro Manila is light, he added.

Meanwhile, all floods from Tuesday night have subsided, said Rosbid Bamba of the MMDA Flood Control but that they were monitoring the areas of Camanava, Manila, and Quezon City that were known to be perennially affected by floods.

In Manila, traffic is heavy from Intramuros to the Anda Circle going to the Port Area.

“We monitored the bumper to bumper situation and it started as early as 6 a.m.,” said Hermie Abueva, village watchman of Barangay (village) 36 Zone 3, who was helping to control traffic in the area near Lakandula Street in Rd10 Highway. He said there were no reported accidents in the area.

With a report from Danica Hermogenes