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Heavy traffic along sections of Commonwealth Avenue in QC on New Year’s Eve

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Harlene Delgado

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173563416907520241231.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. Alec Corpuz, ABS-CBN News MANILA — Several sections of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City experienced heavy traffic on New Year’s Eve, December 31.</div>Last-minute shoppers flocked to several markets along the major thoroughfare to buy food items for Media Noche, the traditional midnight feast.At Litex Market, Elizabeth Lugmu, 48, bought round fruits that are believed to bring prosperity. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/31/buyers-flock-to-bocaue-for-last-minute-fireworks-shopping-1352">New Year Rush: Buyers flock to Bocaue for last-minute fireworks shopping</a></div>She said the family plans to have a simple celebration for the New Year.“Basta ang importante healthy ang pamilya ko at gumaling na po ‘yung asawa ko na na-stroke,” she said.(What is important is that the people in the family are healthy and that my husband recovers from his stroke)Marie Charlotte Binondo and Von Joey Ayson of Caloocan also bought meat and fruits in Commonwealth Market for their Media Noche.“Ito lang kasi yung free time kasi nagtuturo kami, tapos siya naman is med tech, then second is para fresh pa rin ‘yung mga fruits kasi importante din sa mga kids,” she said.(This was our only free time, and also so the fruits are fresh. That is important for my kids)Some vendors said they were allowed to sell beside the road only for today and they will clear the area tomorrow, January 1. Fruit vendor Jhavar Candia, 34, said he plans to celebrate the New Year at the market.“Dito manunood lang ng fireworks, mag-aantay lang ng customer hanggang makaubos kami. Bukas medyo malinis na ‘to kasi magki-clearing na sila eh,” he said.(I will be here to watch the fireworks and to wait for customers until we sell everything. Tomorrow, this area will be cleared)“Mahalaga lang sa’kin ‘yung mga anak ko walang sakit, malulusog sila,” Candia added.(What matters to me is that my children are healthy) <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2024/12/31/doh-to-filipinos-remember-t-e-d-this-new-year-celebrations-1122">DOH to Filipinos: Remember &#x27;T.E.D.&#x27; this New Year celebrations</a></div>Personnel from the Quezon City Traffic and Transport Management Department were deployed along Commonwealth Avenue.The department’s Clamping and Monitoring Enforcement Division officer-in-charge Allan Cortez said the heavy traffic is expected in the area due to the presence of vendors and influx of market goers.“Ina-assist namin ‘yung mga mamimili na pinapa-park namin sa tamang paradahan para hindi makasagabal. And then dun sa mga vendors na talagang lumalagpas na, sinasakop na ‘yung kalsada, pinapakiusapan namin na kung maaari umusog sila para at least madagdagan ‘yung lane ng mga vehicle,” he said.(We help make sure shoppers park in the proper areas so they don&#x27;t impede traffic. We do the same for vendors whose wares spill out onto the road, we ask them to move so more lanes are open to vehicles)

Several sections of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City experienced heavy traffic on New Year’s Eve, December 31.

Several sections of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City experienced heavy traffic on New Year’s Eve, December 31.