MMDA: U-turn Slot Speeds up C-5 Road Travel by 90%

The traffic flow along C-5/Kalayaan Road has shown dramatic improvement over the past two weeks due to an elevated U-turn slot in the area, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officials said.

MMDA officials said travel speed from Lawton, Manila to Buting, Pasig has reportedly increased from 17.93 to 34.14 kilometers per hour (kph), reflecting a 90 percent improvement in travel time.

From Pasig to Manila, travel also became faster by 14 percent, with a speed from 19.45 kph to 22.14 kph due to the project, they said. Read more

Country’s First Elevated U-turn Now Open on C-5

The country’s first elevated u-turn slot, on the northbound lane of C5 near Kalayaan Avenue in Makati, was inaugurated yesterday, with a promise that it would ease traffic and reduce accidents on the busy intersection.

The elevated U-turn, which cost P350 million and six months to build, would make it easier for vehicles from Makati along Kalayaan Avenue to get onto C5 toward Pasig, Quezon City and Marikina, said Robert Esquivel, chief of the traffic enforcement group at the Metro Manila Development Authority. Read more