The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has escalated its enforcement campaign against illegal parking and road obstructions along designated Mabuhay Lanes to ease holiday traffic for motorists heading to and from major shopping districts across Metro Manila.
Mabuhay Lanes serve as alternate routes to the 23.8-kilometer EDSA, spanning cities such as Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati, Manila, and Quezon City.
These include secondary roads leading to key commercial hubs like Baclaran, Greenhills, Divisoria, and Carriedo. The traffic volume in these areas is expected to spike significantly due to Christmas shopping activities.
To reinforce compliance, MMDA deployed more personnel to monitor the routes and strictly implement towing and ticketing operations.
Vehicles illegally parked along these identified roads will be removed, while violators will face fines and other penalties.
On Tuesday, MMDA Special Operations Group–Task Force for Road Clearing personnel apprehended 106 illegally parked vehicles, 23 of which were impounded, in clearing operations along Panay Avenue, Scout Borromeo, Scout Tobias, Scout Chuatoco, Scout Santiago, Kamuning, Kamias, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago Avenue, and Mabilis Street in Quezon City. Makeshift structures and other obstructions contributing to congestion were also dismantled.
SOG-TFRC chief Gabriel Go said this shows the agency “will no longer accept indiscipline on our roads,” with similar enforcement expected in other parts of the metropolis.
MMDA chair Romando Artes said the initiative forms part of the agency’s holiday traffic mitigation plans, reminding motorists not to treat Mabuhay Lanes, as well as secondary roads and sidewalks, as parking spaces.
He also encouraged the public to help report illegally parked vehicles and road blockages.
