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00:00 Welcome back to Kamuning Flyover Southbound
00:04 where the MMDA and the local government of Quezon City are currently inspecting.
00:11 Earlier, we reported that it's only 5.30am and the traffic is heavy on the service road
00:18 approaching Kamuning Flyover.
00:20 And in the inspection of MMDA Chairman Romando Artes, who is with us this morning,
00:24 they are planning to make some adjustments.
00:27 Chairman, good morning.
00:29 Good morning to you, Ivan, and to your viewers.
00:32 Chairman, let's go straight to what adjustments you plan to implement after seeing,
00:38 after observing what the result of closing Kamuning Flyover is.
00:42 First, we can see that many of our motorists are still choosing the service road.
00:48 So there is still a clog up here on the service road.
00:52 So one of our adjustments is to add additional signages and enforcers
00:59 to ensure that the volume of vehicles is dispersed to alternative routes
01:06 and not to be crowded on the service road.
01:09 The same goes for motorcycles.
01:11 We did that two years ago.
01:13 This was also mentioned.
01:15 All motorcycles are not allowed on the service road.
01:19 We will guide them to alternative routes.
01:24 24,000 motorcycles pass through this bridge, four-wheeled, and 23,000 motorcycles.
01:31 So imagine if all 23,000 motorcycles pass through the service road,
01:37 the traffic will be really congested.
01:40 So we decided that the motorcycles starting tomorrow will be guided to alternative routes.
01:47 Okay, that's clear.
01:49 The motorcycles will not be allowed on the service road.
01:51 They will be guided to alternative routes.
01:53 What are those alternatives?
01:55 EDSA, Canto ng Panay, Scout Borromeo, and Scout Albano.
02:00 Okay, those are the alternatives.
02:03 If you're going farther south, you can go there.
02:06 Now, Chairman, what about our inner roads?
02:09 For example, the adjacent, I mean, parallel roads of EDSA, Summer Avenue, and other routes.
02:15 What are we doing to manage those routes?
02:17 Because they are already congested there.
02:19 Yes, we have enforcers there, along with the local government, as well as the barangay.
02:25 First of all, we did a clearing there for two weeks.
02:29 It's already good.
02:31 The local government and the barangay are also promising
02:35 that they will fix and maintain the alternative routes
02:41 so that our countrymen can use them free from obstruction.
02:45 I asked you earlier about the almost six-month closure.
02:49 Maybe it can be extended.
02:51 What is the answer of the DPWH?
02:53 We talked to the DPWH and the contractor.
02:56 They will make three shifts so that the work here will be done in 24 hours.
03:01 Hopefully, it will be shortened.
03:03 Of course, there are other factors, such as weather.
03:08 When it rains, the work will be slowed down, especially when there is a storm.
03:13 They are also taking advantage of the good weather conditions now, this summer,
03:18 to make it faster.
03:20 They only have one request that we will coordinate with the DOTR.
03:24 Because at night, even though it's late at night, there is still a bus in the bus carousel.
03:30 So we will request the DOTR that starting at 11 o'clock at night,
03:35 they can use the service road that these buses pass through
03:39 so that they can work freely above the flyover.
03:45 Chairman, for the last question, for these people,
03:47 will the GMA Network Drive have any adjustments to do?
03:51 Will it be opened from EDSA to the network drive?
03:53 We are already studying to open and use it, but it will still go to EDSA one way.
04:00 It will still go to EDSA, but from EDSA to network drive?
04:04 No, we will just let EDSA to adjust the GMA Network Drive.
04:11 Chairman, thank you very much.
04:13 Thank you and have a good day.
04:14 We talked to the MMDA Chairman, Romando Artes.
04:18 Meanwhile, to our fellow citizens, to those who don't know,
04:22 because many of you are still wondering why the flyover is closed.
04:25 It's been a long time, almost 6 months since the flyover was closed.
04:29 And of course, we will look for alternative routes.
04:33 [Music]