Avenida reopened to vehicular traffic

**OTEP** · July 2nd, 2007 01:32 AM

I just saw this on the news. What's your take on this? Is this good or bad news?

**chuaed** · July 2nd, 2007 01:36 AM

its about time... dapat talaga buksan ang avenida...

**chua_riwap** · July 2nd, 2007 02:29 AM

Paano yung mga structures na pinatayo ni Atienza? Gigibain lahat? Parang sayang naman. Kasi gumanda talaga yung Avenida (from Carriedo - Recto). Pero minsang pumunta ako ng Raon, pansin ko nga, maraming "pokpok" na kakalat-kalat, mismo sa ilalim ng LRT.

**chua_riwap** · July 2nd, 2007 04:05 AM

Binuksan na ni Lim yung Avenida for vehicular traffic.

Eto pa......

Bubuksan na rin daw niya ang Mendiola para sa mga protest rallies. Tuwang tuwa niyan ang Bayan, Gabriela, Pro-FPJ/Erap, LFS, etc. "Open Season" na sa Mendiola.

Lim, in another interview, also vowed to allow protest rallies on Mendiola as a respect to the protesters’ constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom to air grievances against government.

“Basta nag-apply ng permiso, lahat ng tao may karapatan mag-rally at sabihin ang reklamo nila sa public officials,” he said in a radio interview.

**badkuk** · July 2nd, 2007 05:44 AM

mas lalong namatay ung business jan sa avenida once it got closed to traffic. naging tambayan na siya ng snatcher.

avenida's closure also caused horrendous traffic to the alternate routes the jeeps would take.

it's about time. as noble as atienza's intentions were, hindi nagclick e.

**boybi** · July 2nd, 2007 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

Paano yung mga structures na pinatayo ni Atienza? Gigibain lahat? Parang sayang naman. Kasi gumanda talaga yung Avenida (from Carriedo - Recto). Pero minsang pumunta ako ng Raon, pansin ko nga, maraming "pokpok" na kakalat-kalat, mismo sa ilalim ng LRT.

Pinapaingatan ni Lim yung pagtanggal sa mga tiles para daw magamit pa sa ibang mga projects. P40/piece daw yung tile na ginamit dyan sa Avenida.

**icon** · July 2nd, 2007 11:23 AM

finally! good news ito.
worst thing that happened to the sta cruz & binondo area yang beautification ni atienza. traffic na with those roads passable eh isara mo pa at gawing plaza at tambayan ng mga pokpok. isama sana pati yung muelle/tabing ilog area.
And kahit plaza yun I tried passing there on a late night commute, grabe ang dilim nung after 10PM na. di ko na inulit, nagreroute ako or nagtataxi na lang.

**Galactus** · July 2nd, 2007 11:42 AM

Dapat may managot dito. Malaki ang nagastos sa pag-renovate sa Avenida na yan. Magandang klaseng tiles yung nandoon, at mukhang mahal din yung mga lampposts. Tsk tsk. For sure, may kumita dito, and they should be made accountable for wasting public funds.

**landlord** · July 2nd, 2007 12:01 PM

I think paving blocks lang yung nilagay ni Atienza. And its a good thing cause its detachable and reusable. Had Atienza known that his son was not going to win, he might have removed it earlier and used it some place else.