Heavy traffic along East Ave, QC seen earlier

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00:00 Earlier this evening, a huge stretch of East Avenue, Quezon City, was met with a huge volume

00:06 of automobiles that snagged traffic all over to the dismay of a lot of motorists.

00:12 To allay motorists' concerns, traffic enforcers from the Metro Manila Development Authority,

00:17 or MMDA, were deployed along the streets.

00:20 Medical staff were also on standby in the event of any emergency.

00:25 Local government units also deployed personnel to help with facilitating traffic.

00:30 The heavier-than-usual traffic was caused by the transport strikes led by transport

00:34 groups Piston and Manibela.

00:37 The groups held protests to rally against PUV modernization and the April 30 deadline

00:43 for consolidation.