00:00 The MMDA is calling for them to continue to guard the main roads so that the traffic will be on track this Christmas.
00:10 That is the message of Noel Talacay.
00:12 The window hour of the number coding scheme in Metro Manila this holiday season should not be removed.
00:22 This is what MMDA Chairman Don Artes said in the weekly news forum of the Philippine Information Agency or PIA.
00:31 First of all, we looked at the recommendation of our Traffic Engineering Center, especially the past two weeks.
00:38 The traffic flow is still good.
00:41 So their recommendation is not to lift the window hour of the number coding.
00:48 And secondly, we looked at our fellow countrymen who only have one vehicle so that they can still use it during window hours.
00:59 But MMDA assured that the situation will be continued to monitor the main roads of Metro Manila
01:06 that will be the base of MMDA to remove the window hour.
01:11 10am to 4.59pm is the window hour for the number coding scheme of MMDA.
01:20 What we are avoiding and preparing here is the possibility that the traffic flow is really heavy,
01:28 especially as Christmas is approaching, that the previous incidents where the whole Metro Manila becomes a parking lot will happen again.
01:37 MMDA also laid barriers to avoid the heavy traffic flow on the streets of Metro Manila,
01:46 just like the placement of a strike force consisting of more than 70 motorcycle riding enforcers
01:54 with body cameras and hand-held ticketing devices that will go around the whole Metro Manila.
02:02 They will ride motorcycles and pick up passengers so that more areas can go to the mall on a daily basis.
02:10 Another measure is the prohibition of excavation activities on major roads.
02:19 Another measure is the adjusted mall hours.
02:23 We observed over the years that the traffic flow is heavy as Christmas approaches in the malls.
02:32 And even if the prohibition of excavation activities on the streets of Metro Manila is still there, there are still exemptions.
02:40 The government's flagship projects, emergency leak repairs of our water lines and water concessionaires,
02:53 and the works of DPWH that need to be done immediately, such as bridge repair or construction, and the Miralco relocation works are exempted.
03:07 MMDA also promised to take good care of their enforcers so that the traffic flow in the whole Metro Manila will be smooth this Christmas.
03:20 Noel Talacay for the nation.
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