Press Release
August 29, 2019

STATEMENT OF SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN ON THE
PROPOSAL TO MAKE EDSA AND C5 ONE-WAY ROADS

EDSA and C5 are not designed for one-way vehicular flow. Instead of helping the commuting public, converting these major highways into one-way roads will only disrupt businesses and commuters. This scheme only redirects vehicular traffic but does nothing to reduce vehicular volume.

Moreover, it should be noted that in order for this one-way traffic scheme to work, bus routes across Metro Manila needs to be rationalized first. The way I see it, if we focus on improving our mass public transportation system, including our buses and railways, and decongesting our side streets from illegally parked vehicles, we would automatically decongest EDSA as well.

In the long term, moving the seat of government to Clark would significantly reduce traffic congestion in Metro Manila. Pero sa ngayon ay mas mabuti na madaliin na lang ng gobyerno ang pagtatapos ng construction ng Skyway 3 at ng North-South Connector road para ma-decongest ang EDSA.

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