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Camp Aguinaldo to open roads to private motorists

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Doris Bigornia, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The Inter Agency Council on Traffic (IACT) will implement a short-cut scheme to ease traffic in EDSA and has clinched the go signal to use government properties, foremost of which are military camps, to be used as access roads.Top of the list is Camp Aguinaldo which will be opened to private vehicles in two weeks in a bid to lessen motor vehicles using EDSA to and from Katipunan and Santolan.&quot;Yung Camp Aguinaldo will help the people na nanggagaling po sa Katipunan, White Plains na bumabaybay everyday going to the south,&quot; said Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Thomas Orbos .Orbos said the opening up of the camp to motorists will come at a price. Stickers will have to be purchased to registered vehicles. The sticker price has not been released yet but Orbos said once approved, it can be immediately used by the motorist.&quot;The only reason why we can&#x27;t immediately implement it because of the sticker they require. But that is understandable,&quot; he said.As it is a military camp, the public is urged to follow the camp&#x27;s traffic management rules. The camp’s gates 3, 5 and 6 will be opened from 6 am to 10 pm from Monday to Friday.Vehicles being used as Uber will be allowed to use the access road, but motorcycles are not allowed. Ordinary taxi cabs will also be allowed access but not UV Express vehicles.Temporary access cards will be issued to taxi drivers which they&#x27;ll have to return as they exit the camp.Security measures will be beefed up once the entry/exit of private vehicles is implemented and so the public is advised to strictly adhere to the camp&#x27;s traffic rules, said Deputy Camp Commander Col. Agane Adriatico.MMDA Traffic Engineering Chief Dir. Neomie Recio said at least 200 vehicles using EDSA at peak hours will be eliminated when the short-cut road is opened.An access road will also be opened to vehicles to ease traffic from EDSA to Roxas Boulevard. A wall has been dismantled along the Tramo-Andrews stretch leading to an access road going to the airport and Roxas Boulevard-Baclaran area.The MMDA will impose a one-way route to and from airport road.The MMDA estimates that at least 900 vehicles at peak hours will be off EDSA once the access road is opened.The perennial traffic at the corner of EDSA and Buendia will also be eased when an alley at the back of a gasoline station will be opened leading to Jupiter Street.Another 200 vehicles are expected to be off EDSA once this opens.Applications for the Camp Aguinaldo stickers will soon be announced. The gates will be in use until January 15 and is basically aimed at easing the influx of motorists for the Christmas season.The MMDA said it is still getting figures from NLEX and SLEX as to the increase of holiday shoppers flocking to Manila. But Recio said the exodus to Manila is definitely being felt now which could explain why traffic has gone from bad to worse.Orbos added they are also eyeing the opening of another military camp to be used as access road to ease traffic in the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) area.Meanwhile, after consulting various motorcycle groups, Orbos acceded to their request that riders be allowed to use the left most lane of EDSA and C5 during rush hours.This is aside from the existing motorbike lanes given to riders.Also, enforcers continue to apprehend violators of the closed-door policy/no loading and unloading policy.From January, 207 have paid fines upon apprehension, almost 3,000 have settled payments at the MMDA office, and around 20,000 have as yet to settle their penalties.The figures represent apprehended drivers, conductors and commuters who were charged with jaywalking for violating the closed-door policy.

MANILA - The Inter Agency Council on Traffic (IACT) will implement a short-cut scheme to ease traffic in EDSA and has clinched the go signal to use government properties, foremost of which are military camps, to be used as access roads.

MANILA - The Inter Agency Council on Traffic (IACT) will implement a short-cut scheme to ease traffic in EDSA and has clinched the go signal to use government properties, foremost of which are military camps, to be used as access roads.

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Camp Aguinaldo to open roads to private motorists

Doris Bigornia,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 17, 2016 03:48 PM PHT

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