MMDA cancels odd-even scheme as EDSA rehab gets postponed

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will no longer push through with the implementation of the odd-even scheme along EDSA following the postponement of its rehabilitation.

In a statement on Sunday, MMDA Chairman Don Artes said the cancellation of the odd-even scheme will allow the concerned agencies to revisit their plan to ease the expected heavy traffic during the EDSA rehabilitation.

“Pursuant to the directive of the President, the MMDA will suspend the imposition of the odd-even scheme, which was part of the traffic management plan that was laid down intended to decongest EDSA before the looming rebuild,” Artes said.

“The postponement will give us time to look for other traffic-mitigating options for the EDSA rebuild, which will be less than burdensome to motorists and commuting public” he said.

Artes noted that the MMDA will continue implementing the existing number coding scheme.

Earlier today, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the postponement of the EDSA rehabilitation to allow for more time to study if there are new technologies that would help hasten the rehabilitation of the 23.8-kilometer road.

The EDSA rehabilitation was supposed to begin on June 13, 2025 and was expected to last until 2027. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/KG, GMA Integrated News