Traffic Advisory C-3/R-7 Interchange (Quezon Ave / Araneta Ave)

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The DPWH will begin (finally!)of the long awaited Metro Manila Interchange Construction Project, G. Araneta Ave. (C-3) /Quezon Avenue (R-7) Interchange. Construction will begin mid/late June. Be advised to start looking for alternative routes.

Bautista upset over 2 projects of Public Works
by Rio N. Araja

QUEZON City Herbert Bautista is upset over the construction of an underpass and a flyover by the Department of Public Works and Highways on Quezon Avenue and Araneta Avenue, saying the twin project would cause traffic from Edsa up to Morayta Street in Manila amid the rainy season and the impending opening of classes.

Bautista met with some DPWH officials and traffic supervisors of Manila City to closely coordinate with them, and require the submission of a traffic management plan to ease up the expected bottleneck that would result from the construction in the next 15 months.

“The DPWH had already informed us about the bid-out of the projects, and that these would kick off in June, the height of the rainy season. Moreover, students will be returning next month,” he told the Manila Standard.

“That’s why I called for an interagency meeting to address traffic considering Quezon Avenue and Araneta Avenue are not that big.”

He said he has instructed Elmo San Diego, the city’s Department of Public Order and Safety head, to coordinate with the Metro Manila Development Authority and local officials within the barangays covered by the two projects.

Ric de Vera, chief of the DPWH-National Capital Region’s Planning and Design Section, said the department’s Urban Project Office would put up a 300-meter tunnel from Quezon Avenue in front of the Rapide branch up to Sto. Domingo Church (?), and a flyover on Sgt. Rivera Street corner A. Bonifacio Road along Circumferential Road No. 3 going to Araneta Avenue to connect Quezon City to Caloocan City.

He said the infrastructure improvements are designed to reduce traffic on the two main roads.