{"id":19817,"date":"2017-08-07T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T00:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=19817"},"modified":"2017-08-07T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T06:40:02","slug":"roxas-blvd-closed-to-traffic-for-asean-anniversary-on-aug-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/roxas-blvd-closed-to-traffic-for-asean-anniversary-on-aug-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxas Blvd closed to traffic for ASEAN Anniversary on Aug 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19823\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/Roxas_Boulevard_in_Pasay_City.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/Roxas_Boulevard_in_Pasay_City.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/Roxas_Boulevard_in_Pasay_City-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/Roxas_Boulevard_in_Pasay_City-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Drivers and commuters are advised to avoid Roxas Boulevard tomorrow to celebrate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19822\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/3.png 393w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/3-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE MMDA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sent out a traffic advisory last August 1 declaring a stretch of Roxas Blvd. closed to all traffic on August 8, 2017. In particular, they will close the southbound stretch from P. Burgos St. to Buendia Ave. from 2 pm to 9 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19819\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE MMDA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is to give way to delegates and guests of the ASEAN Minister\u2019s Meetings from August 2 to 8 and the celebration of the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the ASEAN on August 8 at the PICC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19818\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/4.png 397w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/4-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE MMDA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">They\u2019ve also closed off the area around PICC and limited its access to ASEAN delegates and guests going to PICC and Sofitel Manila since August 2. Alternate routes have been posted on their official Facebook page and Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19820\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/1.png 326w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/1-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE MMDA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A truck ban will also be in effect along the same stretch of Roxas Blvd. on the same day, with affected trucks being advised to take EDSA and the South Super Highway to reach the port area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1004288\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanetwork.com\/news\/serbisyopubliko\/transportation\/620658\/50th-asean-foreign-ministers-meeting-traffic-rerouting-scheme\/story\/\">GMA News Online<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoindustriya.com\/auto-industry-news\/mmda-shuts-down-roxas-boulevard-on-august-8-2017.html\">Autoindustriya.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asean2017.ph\/ph-hosts-50th-asean-foreign-ministers-meeting-related-meetings\/\">ASEAN 2017 website<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Images are taken from <a href=\"MMDA%20on%20Facebook\">MMDA on Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers and commuters are advised to avoid Roxas Boulevard tomorrow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/featured-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19827,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817\/revisions\/19827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}