The Metro Manila Development Authority has started deploying personnel to man and direct traffic roads near and around the polling precincts in the metropolis during the May 9 elections.
MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos said the agency will dispatch a total of 2,664 personnel from the different units and offices as part of its traffic management plan for the elections.
Aside from the polling centers and schools in Metro Manila, Carlos said traffic enforcers will also be deployed at the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila, and the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City for the canvassing of votes.
Carlos said traffic personnel were also deployed at the political rallies in different parts of Metro Manila, including those of Liberal Party presidential bet Mar Roxas and his running mate Leni Robredo in Baclaran yesterday.
This afternoon, MMDA traffic aides will also be deployed in the vicinity of Quirino Grandstand in Manila where presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate Senator Alan Peter Cayetano will hold a rally.
MMDA personnel will also be manning traffic around Quezon City Memorial Circle for the Liberal Party miting de avance at 1 p.m.
Carlos said the agency will also send out its personnel to bus terminals, sea ports and exit points to and from Metro Manila, including North Luzon Expressway, South Luzon Expressway, the Coastal Road, McArthur Highway, Marcos Highway, Mindanao Avenue and A. Bonifacio Drive.
He said that MMDA personnel will likewise clean up the trash and refuse after the rallies. Similar cleanup operations will also be conducted around schools and polling centers after the May 9 elections.