NCAP will remain amid postponement of EDSA rebuild —DOTr

The No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) will remain amid the postponement of the EDSA rehabilitation, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said Monday.

“I think so, I think so. I think NCAP will stay because NCAP is not just about EDSA. It’s about enforcing— a more efficient way of enforcing our traffic rules,” Dizon said in a press briefing.

Over the weekend, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced the postponement of the rehabilitation, which was supposed to begin on June 13.

Marcos said the project needs to be studied for one month to know if there are new technologies that can be used to hasten the rehabilitation of the 23.8-kilometer road.

“I want to do this faster, ‘yun ang sinabi po ng pangulo. Gusto niyang mas mabilis. Ang sabi nga niya kung kayang anim na buwan lang,” Dizon said.

(The president said he wants to do this faster. He even said, if it can be done in just six months.)

The Department of Transportation previously said heavy traffic is expected once the EDSA rehabilitation begins. It was expected to last until 2027.

“I think this shows the President’s resolve in not only rebuilding EDSA but in making sure that the inconvenience to the motoring public and to the commuters is minimized using the most advanced technology that is out there,” Dizon added.

NCAP was resumed after the Supreme Court partially lifted the temporary restraining order against the policy, allowing only the MMDA to implement it. —AOL, GMA Integrated News