Agencies tackling ways to ease inconvenience amid EDSA rehab —DPWH

Concerned agencies are already discussing ways to ease the inconvenience of the public amid the rehabilitation of EDSA, according to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Wednesday.

''Well, I’m sure that there will be some inconvenience to some extent actually because of iyong we will be occupying some spaces along EDSA as we do the rehabilitation work. Pero ito iyong pinag-uusapan (this is what we're discussing) po namin with Metropolitan Development Authority and Department of Transportation to plan out actually the traffic management so that we will minimize actually the inconvenience that will be brought out by the reconstruction of EDSA po,'' Bonoan said in a press briefing.

''I think, MMDA and DOTr are actually having the protocols and the traffic management plan laid out already so that tinitingnan po nila kung anu-ano iyong mga alternate routes (they're checking what will be the alternate routes) that are available and how to manage actually the internal traffic in EDSA during construction po,'' Bonoan added.

The rehabilitation of EDSA is expected to start in the middle of June, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr)

This rehabilitation is part of the country's hosting preparations for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit next year, the DOTr earlier said.

The agency added that the EDSA Busway would continue to operate amid the rehabilitation works. The EDSA Busway lane will be moved and will use one lane of private vehicles.

According to the DOTr, the rehabilitation of EDSA will take two years. It has advised the public to expect heavy traffic during the rehabilitation of EDSA. —KG, GMA Integrated News