DPWH sets Holy Week road repairs

MANILA, Philippines - Certain roads in Metro Manila will be closed to traffic during the Holy Week to give way to road repairs, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said yesterday.

Motorists should expect heavy traffic during the Holy Week exodus as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced yesterday that the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program or the number coding scheme will be lifted on Holy Wednesday, April 12.

Bonifacio Drive’s northbound intersection with P. Burgos street in Port Area, Manila will be closed from April 12 to April 17 for a flood control project, DPWH National Capital Region (NCR) director Melvin Navarro said in a statement.

The P62.7-million project, which is supposed to reduce flooding in the vicinity of Manila city hall, involves the installation of 630-lineal meter reinforced concrete box culverts and is expected to be completed by July. 

The DPWH will also close the southbound intersection of Bonifacio Drive and P. Burgos streets on three weekends to allow for the installation of the culverts.

The flood control project, which would affect two lanes, would be done from 7 a.m. on Saturdays to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays: April 22 to 25, April 29 to May 2 and May 6 to May 9.

The Quezon City First Engineering Office also said road works will be done along the second lane of EDSA southbound, between Roosevelt Avenue to Quezon Avenue; fourth lane of Commonwealth Avenue northbound, between Litex Road to Doña Carmen; second lane of Quirino Highway between Mindanao Avenue to Araceli street; and third lane of Congressional Avenue Extension between Luzon street to Tandang Sora Avenue.

Road works along EDSA will also be undertaken by the Metro Manila First District Engineering Office, particularly along EDSA southbound, third lane in front of Citynet 1, Mandaluyong City; EDSA southbound, first lane in front of Transcom, Mandaluyong City; along EDSA southbound, first lane in front of Lux Center, Mandaluyong City; and EDSA southbound, first lane near corner Shaw service road, Mandaluyong City. Road works will also be done along EDSA northbound, third lane in the EDSA Shrine area.

Road repairs will also be done along C5 Road southbound, Makati / Pasig Boulevard to Commando Link, Makati City; first lane of McArthur Highway between Cayetano street to China Bank, Valenzuela City; and EDSA southbound from Tripa de Gallina to Kabayan Hotel, Pasay City due to a drainage project.

Water service provider Maynilad will conduct pipelaying along the first lane of the northbound of Bonifacio Avenue near Cloverleaf.