00:00Meanwhile, the government promised to lay a traffic management plan
00:04to reduce the effect of rehabilitation in EDSA on travelers.
00:09Remember, yesterday, the DOTR announced that it will start in April
00:14to plan a few more plans for this.
00:17This is Bernard Ferrer in Centro ng Balita.
00:22It is expected that the public will see the complete plan of rehabilitation of EDSA
00:26to prepare motorists and commuters.
00:29This will be done after April when the rehabilitation of EDSA will start instead of this March.
00:34According to Department of Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon,
00:37plans are being continuously planned for the project.
00:41As part of the preparations, visas will be issued
00:44for motorists and commuters who regularly pass through EDSA.
00:47The plan is needed because this rehab will last for almost a year, right?
00:52For ASEAN next year.
00:55That's why the plan is the same.
00:58It will be hard for us to go back and forth because our countrymen will be hungry.
01:03The DOTR, along with the Department of Public Works and Highways,
01:07Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, and other agencies of the government
01:11are working on the rehabilitation.
01:14They are preparing a possible increase in traffic when the project starts.
01:18What we can do is to manage the traffic well
01:22especially the rerouting and advisory.
01:25DPWH has already announced that they will use reinforced concrete
01:29to make the road sturdier against heavy traffic.
01:33There will also be an asphalt overlay with anti-rotting and anti-cracking features
01:38to make the road more durable.
01:40Aside from this, the drainage system will be improved using high-density polyethylene pipes
01:45to avoid flooding and to speed up the road construction.
01:48Bernard Ferrer for Pampalsang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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