C5-Kalayaan Elevated U-Turns Inaugurated

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led yesterday the formal opening of two elevated U-turn slots on C-5 Road in Makati City, shortly after she arrived from her official visits to Egypt and Syria.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando and other local officials welcomed the President as she headed the 200-meter inaugural drive aboard a pickup truck.

During a short briefing on the project, Fernando said the P350-million road project would ease traffic on the 24-kilometer C-5 Road. Read more

MMDA Pushes for More Elevated U-Turns in Metro Manila

The Metro Manila Development Authority today hoped that the Department of Public Works and Highways would heed the request of the agency to build an elevated U-turn along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said an elevated U-turn in the major thoroughfare would further ease the traffic in the area especially during rush hours.

“It’s most appropriate there because of the wide lanes,” Fernando said during a radio program this morning. Read more

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