More private and government properties will be opened to motorists to further ease traffic in the National Capital Region, Metro Manila Development Authority acting chairman Thomas Orbos said.
Ayala Land Inc., according to Orbos, agreed to the plan of the Inter-agency Council on Traffic to open Vertis North in Quezon City in February for light vehicles passing from the northbound leg of Edsa going to North Avenue and Balintawak.
The move would ease traffic on the portion of the national highway by allowing private motorists to pass through Vertis North instead of traversing Edsa.
Orbos said one lane will be available to motorists, but they have to create a path through the center island so that vehicles can enter and make a U-turn going to Balintawak.
Private vehicles can also now enter the Veterans Memorial Medical Center if they want to go to the North Luzon Expressway.
The MMDA chief said an access road will also be opened between Quezon Avenue and North Avenue stations of Metro Railway Transit-3 to provide an alternate route for motorists going to Trinoma.
Another access road in the area of South Superhighway near the Magallanes station of the Philippine National Railways will be opened next year for motorists going to Cubao in Quezon City.
Last week, the MMDA opened for private and light vehicles a portion of Edsa near Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue to be used as alternate route of motorists going to Jupiter Street.
The MMDA also allowed motorists to pass through in three government facilities—the Bonifacio Naval Station in Taguig City, and VMCC and Camp Aguinaldo, both in Quezon City.
Orbos said the government is expecting to reduce at least 200 vehicles per hour when these government facilities and private commercial areas are opened to public and private motorists.
“We are hoping that all of these measures would be able to alleviate the worsening traffic congestion,” Orbos said.