Traffic builds up on NLEX, SLEX as vacationers return to Metro Manila

Traffic built up in parts of the North and South Luzon Expressways Saturday evening as Filipinos continued to return to Metro Manila from their Holy Week vacations in the provinces.

At the NLEX, moderate traffic was noted at the Bocaue toll plaza's southbound (Manila-bound) portion as of 6:56 p.m., NLEX management said.

Several vehicles were converging at the Bocaue toll plaza, as indicated in a photo posted on the NLEX Twitter account.
 

As of 6:56 PM, traffic situation at Bocaue toll plaza. Southbound direction of NLEX moderate traffic flow pic.twitter.com/8fH2j0GFfU

— NLEXtraffic (@nlextraffic) April 19, 2014

As of 7:20 p.m., traffic was moderate at the Bocaue toll plaza, with traffic queuing up for 2.5 kilometers.

Meanwhile, at the SLEX, traffic was queued for 550 meters at the Ayala toll plaza. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News