Panayam kay MMDA GM Procopio Lipana
Panayam kay MMDA GM Procopio Lipana
Transcript
00:00 We will talk to MMDA General Manager Procopio Lipana. Good evening GM Lipana.
00:08 Good evening to you and to all of you in the country.
00:11 Sir good evening. GM, do you have a list based on your monitoring of places where traffic is becoming heavy here in Metro Manila?
00:23 Particularly our main tour operators, EDSA, Crescent Avenue, Commonwealth and of course those near Borlis.
00:32 How is the traffic of vehicles there?
00:38 As expected, it is heavy because of the upcoming Christmas season.
00:43 The number of vehicles is increasing by 20%.
00:50 Sir, it is also heavy if there are accidents on Friday, payday, Friday.
00:58 Have you monitored any untoward incidents in Calacang, Manila?
01:03 So far we have not received any untoward incidents, especially this afternoon when the transport strike was over.
01:11 Okay. Towards the coming week, sir, while Christmas is coming, what will our motorists expect regarding our traffic situation sir?
01:24 We expect that traffic will become heavier because the normal situation is that our roads are already overcapped.
01:35 We have a vehicle load of 427,000 daily along EDSA. If that is added, this Christmas season, 20 percent, it will become heavier.
01:46 As you said earlier, we are adding more passengers. We expect that this Christmas season, traffic will become heavier.
01:58 The MMTA is continuing and we are managing the traffic from the morning to midnight. Our deployment is until midnight.
02:08 We are also advising the Borl operators that their operation should be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and sales are prohibited on ordinary days.
02:22 Okay. Sir I will advance this question because on the next Friday, aside from Friday, where traffic is expected to become heavier and there are still many Christmas parties,
02:36 in Pasay, there is an oath taking of new lawyers. What are our preparations for that? For sure, traffic will become heavier in Pasay.
02:48 We are doing a contingency plan in coordination with the local traffic unit.
02:53 Well with that, thank you very much for the update MMDA General Manager Sir Procopio Lipana. Thank you sir.
03:00 Thank you very much.