MMDA clears alternative routes ahead of Tandang Sora flyover closure

Metro Manila Development Authority personnel on Friday conducted clearing operations on alternative routes a day before the scheduled closure of Tandang Sora flyover and intersection.

GMA News' Saleema Refran reported on "Balitanghali" that MMDA Special Operations Task Force is clearing out designated alternative routes —including Luzon Avenue, Congressional Extension, Tandang Sora Avenue, Central Avenue, and Visayas Avenue.

Tandang Sora flyover's closure is part of the ongoing construction of the Metro Rail Transit System Line 7 (MRT-7), which expected to be completed in over two years.

Despite the clearing operation's progress on Luzon Avenue, the MMDA said tricycle drivers continue to defy loading and unloading prohibitions in some the areas.

But tricycle drivers argued that passengers demand they should be dropped off at locations of their choice.

On Congressional Avenue Extension, MMDA personnel have called out passengers lining up on roadsides outside designated terminals.

Assisting the MMDA for the clearing operations are the Quezon City police and Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) officials.

The MMDA appealed to the public to cooperate for the sucess of the rerouting scheme in preparation for the possible monstrous traffic jam expected as a result of the closure of the Tandang Sora Flyover and intersection. —Kaela Malig/LBG, GMA News