Virgilio Lorenzo Jr

No Holy Week 'carmageddon?' Fuel crisis takes bite off Holy Week travel exodus

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David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

Expect lighter than usual Holy Week traffic along North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway as soaring gasoline and diesel prices brought on by the Middle East conflict reduce vehicular volume.  NLEX Corp assistant vice-president for traffic operations Robin Ignacio said vehicular traffic along NLEX and SCTEX has dropped from the 350,000 and 80,000 daily average respectively since the start of March. “Naramdaman natin na kumaunti ‘yung volume. Halos fast-moving ‘yung ating traffic. ‘Yung usual pre-rush hour natin hindi na ganun karami,” he said in a DZMM interview.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LN2yucsdXdw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>Ignacio noted there is usually an increase in traffic on the weekend before Holy Week “but not this year.”He said he expects NLEX traffic to increase by about 3 percent of the daily average during Holy Week. Vehicle volume used to reach as high as 400,000/day along NLEX and 87,000/day along SCTEX during Holy Week.Asked if there will no longer be the annual “carmageddon” during Holy Week, he said: “Sa tingin namin, mababawasan pero kami ay naghahanda pa rin na baka mas mababa o mas kaunti ‘yung pagsikip na mararanasan natin ngayon.”Volume of traffic along NLEX is expected to increase as early as Tuesday as some companies take a break on Holy Wednesday. “Afternoon ng Huwebes light traffic na tayo hanggang Sabado,” he said in a DZMM interview.All NLEX road works have been halted since Wednesday, March 25, in preparation for the Holy Week exodus. NLEX road works will resume April 6

Expect lighter than usual Holy Week traffic along North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway as soaring gasoline and diesel prices brought on by the Middle East conflict reduce vehicular volume.

Expect lighter than usual Holy Week traffic along North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway as soaring gasoline and diesel prices brought on by the Middle East conflict reduce vehicular volume.