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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
(MMDA) will reactivate starting Wednesday its Oplan
Metro Alalay Semana Santa (Oplan Mass) aimed to ensure
the safety of the motorists and commuters this Lenten
break.
“The agency will deploy a total of 1,854 workforce,
composed of traffic enforcers, roadside clearing group,
anti-jaywalking, road safety and towing personnel, among
others, on major thoroughfares in the region,” MMDA
General Manager Jojo Garcia said in a press conference.
Citing the orders of Chairman Danilo Lim, the agency
identified areas of concern are the vicinity of bus terminals,
seaports and harbors, roads leading to airports where influx
of passengers heading to their provinces is expected.
MMDA said choke points also include major churches such
as Redemptorist Church, Quiapo Church, Santo Domingo
Church, Saint Peter Church, Saint Pio Church, Las Pinas
Church, Edsa Shrine, Manila Cathedral, San Dionisio
Chapel, San Pedro Church, Santa Ana Church and San
Sebastian Basilica Church.
Additional traffic personnel will be fielded in areas of
concern and traffic chokepoint areas in Metro Manila,
including bus terminals, the agency added.
“There will be no let-up in the agency’s drive against
illegally parked vehicles and obstructions on the road,”
Garcia said.
Also, rescue and emergency personnel will set up posts
along Ortigas Avenue and Marcos Highway and assist
devotees going to the pilgrimage site in Antipolo City.
The MMDA also declared a “no day-off and no absent
policy” for all traffic personnel, particularly on Wednesday,
Thursday and Sunday, when traffic is expected to be heavy.
Meanwhile, the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction
Program (UVVRP) commonly known as number coding
scheme will be lifted for city and provincial buses on
Wednesday (March 28) and Monday (April 2) to ferry
passengers going to their provinces.
“This is to augment the transportation needs of commuters
as the Metro Rail Transit 3 and Light Rail Transits 1 and 2
suspend their operation for the Holy Week,” Garcia said.
the number coding scheme is lifted on Wednesday starting
10 a.m. For private vehicles,
On the other hand, for public vehicles, Garcia ordered
traffic sector head managing traffic flow on EDSA to
strictly enforce the yellow lane policy, located on the first
two lanes from EDSA’s sidewalk designated only for
public utility vehicles.
Oplan MASS is reactivated in coordination with
government agencies such as Department of Public Works
and Highways, Department of Transportation, Philippine
National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Office of
Civil Defense and Metro Manila local government units.

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