October 03, 2016

Parañaque City to return number coding scheme

Starting October 1 (Saturday), Parañaque City will be returning its unified vehicle reduction program (UVRP), or the “number coding” scheme on all roads in the city as per City Mayor Edwin Olivarez’ announcement last September 22 (Thursday).

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NUMBER CODING IS BACK. Parañaque City re-imposes number-coding scheme

The return of the said scheme was due to the worsening traffic in the city. “There is an increase in the volume of traffic in Parañaque for the past five years and it has become unacceptable,” said mayor Olivarez as per philstar.com’s report.

Based on the signed documentation, there are three reasons why they are implementing it back, namely the increase in the volume of traffic, Maynilad’s heavy repairing of certain pavements along Dr. A. Santos Avenue among others, and expected utility companies which will be performing repair and maintenance in the entire City of Parañaque.

Paranaque City used to have the number-coding scheme implemented only along the following roads and areas:

San Antonio Ave., Pres.Aguinaldo St., Dominique Savio St., Japan St., Michael Rua St., and France St. in Brgy. Don Bosco;
E. Rodriguez St. in Brgy. Moonwalk;
Doña Soledad Ext. and Doña Soledad Ave. in Brgy. Don Bosco;
East Service Rd. from Dr. A. Santos Ave. up to FTI Parañaque area;
West Service Rd. from Dr. A. Santos Ave. up to Merville Park Subdivision Parañaque area.

The number coding scheme for private and public vehicles shall start from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm with no window hours. Trucks will not be allowed to travel within the city at 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Unlike the private sector trucks have window hours starting 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, and will be banned again from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Update: According to an article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, window hours have been opened for private and public vehicles in Paranaque City as of today. Vehicles can now go through the city of Paranaque between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm regardless of their plate number. This comes in after various groups, including senior citizens and persons with disabilities, sought exemptions.

Source: Manila Times, philstar.com, Auto Industriya