MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday announced that the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme would be suspended on Friday as the country celebrates Eid'l Fitr.
The number coding scheme is suspended during weekends and during declared public holidays such as Eid’l Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Under the UVVRP, vehicles with license numbers ending in 1 and 2 are not allowed on EDSA and on the major streets of Metro Manila from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and again between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays. Vehicles with license numbers ending in 3 and 4 are covered by the UVVRP on Tuesdays; 5 and 6 (Wednesdays); 7 and 8 (Thursdays) and 9 and 0 (Fridays).
Vehicles covered by the UVVRP for that day are given the “window hours†of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to use EDSA and other major thoroughfares such as the C-5 Road, Roxas Boulevard and the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, regardless of the cities covered. The MMDA, however, reminds motorists that there are no “window hours†in Makati City, Malabon City and Las Piñas City.
The cities of Marikina, Muntinlupa, Taguig and Parañaque do not implement the UVVRP while Pasig City implements the window hours of between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
In Pasay City, the UVVRP is not implemented along the Ninoy Aquino Avenue, MIA Road, the Domestic Road, Sales Road and portions of Buendia Avenue.