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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/16/2019116-kamuning-footbridge.jpg"/><figcaption>The 9-meter-high EDSA-Kamuning footbridge opened to pedestrians on January 3.<em> Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—The controversial 9-meter-high EDSA-Kamuning footbridge has been opened to pedestrians after a reconstruction last month.</p><p>At least 1,500 pedestrians use the footbridge daily since it was opened on January 3, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The controversial 9-meter-high steel footbridge on EDSA-Kamuning has been reopened to pedestrians after a reconstruction last month. It now has landing areas and solar-powered lights. <a href="https://t.co/fnsxzKIrOY">pic.twitter.com/fnsxzKIrOY</a></p>— Michael Joe Delizo (@michael_delizo) <a href="https://twitter.com/michael_delizo/status/1085509765092933632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Dubbed as &quot;stairway to heaven&quot; by the public, the footbridge drew flak for being impractical and unsafe, prompting the MMDA to tweak its design.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/19/18/mmda-redesigns-viral-stairway-to-heaven-edsa-footbridge">MMDA redesigns viral &#x27;stairway to heaven&#x27; EDSA footbridge</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/11/05/18/too-high-mmda-defends-kamuning-footbridge">Too high? MMDA defends Kamuning footbridge</a></li></ul><p>The bridge, which was allotted a P10-million fund, now has landing areas and solar-powered lights. MMDA said no additional funds were used to redesign the bridge.</p><p>There are at least 10 road crashes involving pedestrians on EDSA-Kamuning every month, according to the 2017 report of the Metro Manila Accident Recording and Analysis System. <strong>—Report from Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>The controversial 9-meter-high EDSA-Kamuning footbridge has been opened to pedestrians after a reconstruction last month.</p>

The controversial 9-meter-high EDSA-Kamuning footbridge has been opened to pedestrians after a reconstruction last month.