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  1. Join Date
    Sep 2006
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    #21
    i was in antipolo on dec 5. i left there at 6.30 am via ortigas avenue extension and reached shaw boulevard around 8:30 a.m. i reached makati around 9:30 a.m. (via edsa, j.p. rizal, reposo then ayala).

    first traffic jam was at junction cainta, then traffic became heavier as i approached ever gotesco (kasi mukhang may another junction din jan, some vehicles were coming in and out of the right side, sa st. jospeh drive). after that, nagfufunnel ang traffic in front of countryside kasi may ginagawa ang nawasa. gapang bulate na from there to eternity.

  2. Join Date
    Apr 2006
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    #22
    Hopeless na talaga yang Ortigas Ext. With the volume of vehicles passing there, it should be a 4-6 lane road or a massive flyover from C5 tapos diretso na sa junction.

  3. Join Date
    Dec 2002
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    #23
    Taga dyan din ako sa area na yan, and yan ang dilemma naming mga residents, monster traffic along Ortigas Extn. Galing kasing ng Engineering works dyan sa lugar eh, simulan natin from Ortigas/C5, its about 4 lanes wide tapos papasok ng IPI, okay 4 lanes pa din. Tapos papasok ng Rosario, paglampas ng tulay may 3 lanes pa, tapos konti pa 2 lanes na lang, yung 1 dun pakaliwa pa puntang Santolan/Manggahan Area, so 1 lane na lang papunta Junction.

    So andar konti, ayun lumuwag right after ng simbahan naging 4 lanes na ulit (bagong construct yung 2 new lanes kaya lang may poste pa sa gitna....gggrrr!!!)

    Sikip na naman reaching Tramo/Shell, back to two lanes. Tapos luwag na naman pag approach ng Manggahan Floodway, making it 4 lanes. Ayan, pagbaba balik na naman sa 2 lanes tuloy tuloy na yan hanggang Ever, tapos concrete barriers pa yung divider sa kalsada kaya lahat ng pupunta sa kabilang side must use U-turn.

    yung pabalik ng Ortigas from Junction, reverse lang ng sinabi ko pero ganon din mas masahol.
    Ang gagaling talaga....

  4. Join Date
    Nov 2006
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    #24
    bad trip talaga yung super trapik kahapon sa C5. i left taytay at 6am tapos dumating ako sa makati ng 9am. grabe ... 3 hours na biyahe

    naipit ako just after c. raymundo sa pasig. nung nakalampas na ako ng C5-kalayaan intersection at around 8:30am, doon ko nakita na hinahatak na ng MMDA yung malaking truck that caused the traffic jam.

    sakit talaga sa ulo ang traffic diyan sa C5 lalo na kung dadaan ka pa ng ortigas ext. buti na lang may optional route na floodway or greenpark. pero kung maayos naman ang daloy ng sasakyan kaya naman ng mga 1hour ang biyahe.

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General Traffic within Ortigas Ext., C5 and Pasig