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The cutter head of the 6.99 meters Earth Pressure Tunnel Boring Machine no. 1 'Kaunlaran' arrives at the Manila Harbor Center in Port Area, Manila on February 5, 2021. It will be used for the Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1. ABS-CBN News

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<p>MANILA - The Department of Transportation advised motorists to avoid several roads this weekend as the DOTr transports tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to be used for the Metro Manila Subway project<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">.</span>  </p><p>The DOTr said motorists may experience traffic slowdown on some roads of Metro Manila from March 15 to March 16 (9 p.m. to 4 a.m.) and March 16 to March 17 (9 p.m. to  4 a.m.). </p><p>The TBM will be used to build the tunnels that will connect the subway&#x27;s Camp Aguinaldo Station to the Ortigas Station.</p><p>The following roads will be affected during the said dates:</p><div><br/></div><p>Port/ R-10 (between 9 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.)</p><p>C3 Road (between 9:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.)</p><p>5th Avenue (between 10:30 P.M. to 12:00 A.M.)</p><p>G. Araneta Avenue (between 12:00 A.M. to 1:30 A.M.)</p><p>E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue (between 1:30 A.M. to 2:00 A.M.)</p><p>Gilmore Avenue (between 2:00 A.M. to 3:00 A.M.)</p><p>Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue (between 3:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M.)</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iv4JMnD37vM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/7/tunnel-boring-for-the-metro-manila-subway-project-1247">LOOK: Tunnel boring at North EDSA for the Metro Manila Subway project</a></div><p>&quot;Motorists are advised to take alternate routes,&quot; the DOTr said. </p><p>The government said it expects to launch the country&#x27;s first underground mass transit system by 2029. </p><p>But the government also admitted that right-of-way problems continue to hamper the project.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/26/more-subways-eyed-as-dotr-shows-off-progress-on-flagship-infra-2054">More subways eyed as DOTr shows off progress on flagship infra</a></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Motorists are advised of possible heavy traffic along several roads due to the transport of tunnel boring machines to be used for the Metro Manila Subway project. </p>

Motorists are advised of possible heavy traffic along several roads due to the transport of tunnel boring machines to be used for the Metro Manila Subway project.

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LIST: Roads affected by transport of Metro Manila Subway boring machines

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Published Mar 14, 2024 03:42 PM PHT

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