00:00The Philippine National Police and Land Transportation Office implemented a 30-minute interval stop-and-go scheme for vehicles
00:08to reduce the amount of heavy traffic in Camatines Sur.
00:11The details are reported by Chris Novello of Radyo Pilipinas, Naga.
00:17It's like before, it's just easy to travel.
00:20It's Christmas, it's like this.
00:23Brother Ruben is just one of the affected by heavy traffic in the Anday Highway
00:27in the cities of Sipocot, Ragay, and Lupi in Camarines Sur.
00:31The journey to Metro Manila to Bicol and back will take almost 24 hours,
00:36while the journey to Visayas will take two days.
00:40This is because of the roads that are being built,
00:42which is accompanied by the gradual removal of land in the city of Lupi.
00:46It's really a mess because it's just a one-lane road in Lupi,
00:51but the land is being removed.
00:54And to solve the issue of heavy traffic,
00:57the 30-minute interval stop-and-go scheme is now being implemented
01:00by the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 5 and Land Transportation Office
01:04for vehicles to and from Camarines Sur.
01:07Authorities are appealing to motorists to follow and be disciplined.
01:12If all motorists will just follow the 30-minute stop and 30-minute go,
01:18if our system will just follow, we won't have a problem there.
01:23However, we have a problem there.
01:26There are motorists who are appealing to other motorists
01:31that even if they haven't finished yet, they are still going in.
01:36Meanwhile, the target of the Department of Public Works and Highways, or DPWH,
01:40is for the Anaya Highway to be divided into two lanes
01:43in Barangay Kabutagan in the city of Lupi
01:45by placing steel sheet piles and back fillings in the area.
01:48Authorities are also helping
01:51to avoid heavy traffic.
01:53From Radyo Pilipinas, I am Chris Novelo
01:55of Radyo Pilipinas for Balitang Pambansan.
