Officials bare traffic plans

The Manila Times

Officials bare traffic plans  Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon, Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Don Artes discuss the Edsa Rebuilt project at a press briefing on May 26, 2025.  VIDEO BY ISMAEL DE JUAN  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #philippines

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00:00Before we do the construction methodology, I think we can understand the history of EDSA.

00:09This is, I don't know, I don't know.

00:15EDSA is Highway 54.

00:18Highway 54, Highway 54, eh,

00:24Nagawa ko yan ng 1939.

00:271939 ba yan?

00:29During that time, yung EDSA is only about two lanes na.

00:35Two lanes na.

00:36Two lanes na yung EDSA in 1939.

00:39Then continuously it was expanded.

00:42The last buwan natin hindi ko na ginawa,

00:47ay gaya pala yung 1939.

00:51Konkreto na po yan.

00:53Konkreto na po yan.

00:54Now, in 1980,

01:00nung doon sa panahon ni

01:04asking First Lady Ivenda Marcos

01:08sa Metro Manila Commission.

01:10That was the time when EDSA was expanded.

01:14Sa lahat na, yung maximum expansion ng EDSA na ginawa.

01:21And at the time, in 1980 yun na rin ang existing concrete na nagsikita natin ngayon.

01:27Over the years, siyempre, sa dami na lang pinagdahanan ng EDSA,

01:33ngayon sa yung traffic,

01:36both, para magigilat din na track,

01:39at saka sa volume na traffic na dumandaan dyan,

01:43it has actually outlived its design capacity

01:47at saka yung design, structural design ng pavement.

01:51So, this is the reason why,

01:53nung nakatanggahan po ninyo,

01:54over the years,

01:56over the years,

01:57nung pa mga several years pa,

01:59sa department ako nito,

02:01re-blocking na po tayo na re-blocking,

02:03re-blocking na re-blocking.

02:04Because,

02:05many of the existing pavements,

02:07eh,

02:09mahina na,

02:11bumapagsak na.

02:13So,

02:14sabi nga ng Pangolo,

02:15I think,

02:16we have to do it once and for all,

02:18para iwasan natin yung mga re-blocking,

02:21re-blocking every weekend,

02:23naka-estorm mo,

02:25naka-estorm mo sa ating traffic.

02:27Pangalawa,

02:28pag re-blocking tayo na re-blocking,

02:30it will be an eventual activity.

02:33Ah,

02:34hindi natin may iwasan yan.

02:36Nag-re-block ka sa isang lugar,

02:38tapos,

02:40babalikan mo,

02:42naka-estorm mo sa isang lugar,

02:43babalikan mo na naman yung re-block mo

02:45in no time at all,

02:46dahil nga,

02:47nga,

02:48once and for all,

02:49ito na po yung plano natin.

02:51We have to rebuild

02:52and reconstruct

02:53the entire ETSA

02:54in itself.

02:55So,

02:56ang bago natin dito,

02:57ang concept of the,

02:58of the,

02:59ETSA rebuild,

03:00is we will change,

03:02we will change

03:04the pavement.

03:05Ah,

03:07paguhin ko natin yung pavement ng ETSA

03:09into a new pavement.

03:11In other words,

03:13bubukalin po natin yung existing pavement

03:15sa ETSA,

03:16papalitan po natin ng bago.

03:18Kahit pa paano,

03:19may gagawin kami ang ilang trabaho namin

03:22ng chairman doon

03:23at ng DODR,

03:24kasama na rin ang mga LGUs natin,

03:26na kahit pa paano,

03:28naibsa naman ang konti yung hirap na

03:30parating dahil sa ETSA rebuild.

03:32So,

03:33ang isa pang sinabi ng pangulo,

03:35ah,

03:36bago po natin libang sa basic money,

03:38ay kailangan,

03:39dapat,

03:40gawin din natin komportante ang ETSA

03:44para sa mga commuters

03:46at sa mga pedestrian.

03:47I just wanted to show you something.

03:49Itong,

03:50sorry,

03:51ito ay, ah,

03:52mga drawing ni, ah,

03:54architect Antonio Toledo

03:56way back in the 1930s, 1940s,

03:59nung kinukonseptualize pa ang ETSA.

04:01No?

04:02At makikita natin dyan,

04:03kagaya ng mga,

04:04malalaking mga boulevard

04:05na nakikita natin sa ibang mga bansa,

04:07yun ang original tayo ng concept ng ETSA.

04:10No?

04:11It's really a very commuter,

04:13very pedestrian friendly, ah,

04:16road, no?

04:17And,

04:18at,

04:19kagaya ng sinabi na rin ang pangulo,

04:21kailangan,

04:22ang, ah,

04:23pedestrians,

04:24kailangan kasama sa,

04:26gagawin pagreveal ng ETSA.

04:28Kaya,

04:29hindi yang sasakyan,

04:30kung di pa ni pedestrians,

04:32yan ang magiging plana din,

04:34ng, ah,

04:35BPWH.

04:36Pagkandang,

04:37maayos na natin ang ETSA

04:38once and for all of it, no?

04:40Kanina na umaga,

04:41naglahad ako ng,

04:42siluro,

04:43mga ibang yung kilometro sa ETSA.

04:44Pagkandang,

04:45ah,

04:46aminig ko sa inyo,

04:47delikadong ETSA

04:48para sa pedestrian mayroon.

04:49Pero,

04:50ang inagandahan niya,

04:51dahil nasa plana ng BPWH,

04:53gagawin na natin,

04:55safe din ang ETSA

04:56para sa mga pedestrian,

04:58hindi lang para sa mga sasakyan.

04:59Sasa.

05:00We'll see you next time.

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