MMDA road repair stalls EDSA traffic

The flow of traffic along EDSA, from Quezon City to Makati City, moved at a snail’s pace yesterday morning due to a flood control and road repair project started by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) near Camp Crame.

Motorists on both lanes of EDSA were forced to endure several hours of heavy traffic before the MMDA removed steel wire fences to give vehicles more room to maneuver.

MMDA Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG) chief Bobby Esquivel said flood control personnel did some repairs on the drainage system of the southbound lane Monday night.

He said four pipes had to be installed, which meant having to dig up an entire lane and restore it afterwards.

“The cement needs a two-day curing period (to harden),” he told The STAR, noting that the service road had to be rehabilitated because of flooding problems during heavy rains.

Esquivel assured the public that enough traffic enforcers have been deployed to help manage traffic until the entire southbound lane can be used again.

MMDA executive director Angelito Vergel de Dios said the road really had to be repaired because it was already sinking and prone to floods.