Left turn to EDSA from SSHiway blocked

[DonCamote]

Guys,

Look at this

If you are traveling southbound along SSHiway and you want to turn left to EDSA, it's blocked. MMDA wants motorists to detour for 1.5 km and MMDA have to spend on fielding 2 men to man the merging back to EDSA from Lapu-lapu avenue? What is so good about that idea?

[roninblade]

i cant remember anymore the last time i saw this open; i think it was around 15 years ago pa. accident prone ata yun merging ng lanes sa taas ng flyover.

[ghosthunter]

Yup, its been over ten years since that part was open for use.

IMHO, the part where it merges with the northbound traffic turning into EDSA was poorly designed and can cause (and have caused) accidents due to lack of proper merging area.

[DonCamote]

If it's accident prone, I also don't feel safe with the Lapu-lapu street merging to EDSA either, where the traffic people have to stop half of EDSA to let cars merge. Speed demons pa naman ang mga bus drivers sa EDSA and sometimes they can't see the MMDA already waving their hands to stop so you just have to exercise all caution and drive defensively. Minsan nga guard lang ng village ang naka post jan, hindi pa sinusunod ng mga bakulaw na driver ng bus.

[ghosthunter]

If it's accident prone, I also don't feel safe with the Lapu-lapu street merging to EDSA either, where the traffic people have to stop half of EDSA to let cars merge. Speed demons pa naman ang mga bus drivers sa EDSA and sometimes they can't see the MMDA already waving their hands to stop so you just have to exercise all caution and drive defensively. Minsan nga guard lang ng village ang naka post jan, hindi pa sinusunod ng mga bakulaw na driver ng bus.

True. But at Lapu-Lapu, the vehicles on EDSA can see you as they approach as compared to the flyover merging left-turn. At the closed fly-over left turn, it is totally possible not to see the other vehicle since the approach angle is bad.

[meledson]

I was wondering for a long time why this is closed. Thanks. parang sayang kasi.