MMDA implements total truck ban along Edsa

MANILA, Philippines–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has clarified that there are no more window hours in the modified truck ban to be implemented in Edsa starting Friday.

In a statement emailed to media organizations on Friday, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino stressed that the truck ban in Edsa, from Magallanes Interchange in Makati City to Trinoma in Quezon City, will be enforced 24 hours from Monday to Sunday.

Tolentino explained that the Edsa total truck ban is part of the modified truck ban scheme that has been approved for implementation by the Special Traffic Committee (STC) of the Metro Manila Council on December 3.

“We no longer have window hours for trucks passing through Edsa. Trucks with a gross weight of 4,500 kilograms and above are not allowed in any portion of Edsa 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” the MMDA chief said.

Under the old truck ban policy of the MMDA, MMDA Resolution No. 0705, Series of 2007, trucks are allowed to pass through Edsa from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

On December 3, the STC, chaired by Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, approved the implementation of the modified truck ban in Metro Manila from December 7 to January 6, 2013.

Trucks carrying perishable goods such as agricultural products are still exempted from the modified truck ban.