00:00It's possible that the volume of vehicles passing through the North Luzon Expressway along with the Holiday Rush will increase by 10%.
00:08LX will say goodbye to motorists.
00:12That's what Gav Villegas has to say.
00:17Eric is a motorist in his hometown in Pangasinan.
00:21That's why he took the opportunity to exchange his RFID sticker.
00:25According to him, his RFID is no longer readable whenever he passes through the tollgate of the North Luzon Expressway.
00:33We thought of exchanging the RFID because my RFID is no longer readable so we need to exchange it.
00:41Eric is the only one in the 1,000 motorists who will pass through the North Luzon Expressway to go home to their province
00:48along with the Holiday Rush because Christmas is coming.
00:52According to the spokesperson of NLEX Corporation, Robin Ignacio,
00:56they suspended their roadworks back in December 2019
01:00and they added 1,500 people this holiday season.
01:05We deployed more personnel from toll tellers, toll lane assist,
01:12our patrol crew, our security guard, traffic marshal, and our incident response teams.
01:18NLEX is also implementing free towing for Class 1 vehicles
01:22to the nearest exit where any vehicle can pass through.
01:28It is also expected that the volume of vehicles passing through NLEX Holiday Exodus will increase by 10%.
01:37From P334,000 to NLEX,
01:41it will increase to P33,000.
01:46Our daily average will be more than P370,000.
01:52In SCTEX, it will increase to P7,800 from P78,000.
02:00Even in NLEX Connector Road, we have a daily average of P19,000.
02:09This holiday season will increase to P2,000.
02:14NLEX also reminded motorists who will travel this holiday season.
02:19I hope that our countrymen will check that their vehicles are in good condition.
02:26I hope that the drivers will also be in good condition
02:31so that we can avoid accidents.
02:34What our motorists should do is to monitor the current situation of our traffic
02:42and if they can adjust their travel.
02:46If they monitor that the traffic is heavy,
02:51it is better for them to do that than to be stuck in congestion.
02:56NLEX also reminded motorists to check their RFIDs
03:02before they travel to avoid accidents.
03:05Gabo Milder Villegas for Pambansang TV in Bapak, Philippines.
