A portion of Regalado Highway in Quezon City was closed to vehicular traffic from 11 p.m. on Monday to 4 a.m. Tuesday, the Metro Manila Development Authority said in an advisory.
Jojo Garcia, Acting MMDA general manager, said the five-hour road closure was implemented from Bristol Street to Commonwealth Avenue, both northbound and southbound lanes.
“This is to give way to pile testing activities that private contractor EEI Corp. will conduct in line with the construction of the Metro Rail Transit [MRT] 7,” said Garcia.
Motorists were advised to take the following alternative routes:
• Vehicles going to Quezon Memorial Circle may take Quirino Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue or may take Belfast Street and Mindanao Avenue.
• Vehicles going to San Jose Del Monte City may take Mindanao Avenue and Regalado Avenue.
Moreover, Garcia said EEI also conducted lane marking activities starting Monday on Commonwealth Avenue, from University Avenue to Philcoa area, from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Garcia said no roads will be closed for the contractor’s activity, but it will constrict the lanes available for motorists.
“The contractors need to expand their work area in the middle, but seven lanes will remain for motorists use,” said Garcia.
The MRT 7 is a 23-kilometer railway system with 14 stations from North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
It will have 14 stations, starting with North Avenue Station on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa), passing through Commonwealth Avenue, Regalado Avenue, and Quirino Highway up to Bulacan.