{"id":4760,"date":"2016-02-04T19:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T12:53:24","slug":"rerouting-of-edsa-traffic-to-happen-on-people-power-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/02\/04\/rerouting-of-edsa-traffic-to-happen-on-people-power-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Rerouting of EDSA Traffic to happen on People Power anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever you\u2019re planning on spending Feb. 25, please avoid EDSA if you can, as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it will reroute traffic along EDSA for the 30<sup>th<\/sup> People Power Revolution Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4761\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/02\/reroute1.jpg\" alt=\"reroute1\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos, rerouting traffic along EDSA is still necessary even if Feb. 25 has been declared as a non-working holiday. There will be an Experiential museum in Camp Aguinaldo that will showcase events that led to the People Power Revolution, the MMDA chairman said.<\/p>\n<p>There will be 1700 personnel deployed around the immediate vicinity of the People Power Monument.<\/p>\n<p>Initial plans reveal that the stretch of EDSA along Ortigas Ave. to Santolan will be closed at 7am to 11am on Feb. 25 for the annual \u201csalubungan\u201d re-enactment. While the eastbound and westbound lanes of Ortigas Ave. will remain open to motorists.<\/p>\n<p>Initial plans reveal that the stretch of EDSA along Ortigas Ave. to Santolan will be closed at midnight on Feb. 25<\/p>\n<p>At 8:00 am, the <em>salubungan<\/em> will be performed during the People Power Revolution,\u00a0 this will be re-enacted by the leaders, soldiers, policemen, and ordinary people gathered at the EDSA People Power Monument.<\/p>\n<p>MMDA will be implementing zipper lanes on EDSA during the event to ease congestion. Motorists can exit in front of the gate of Camp Crame and resume plying northbound of EDSA. Please check here the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MMDAPH\/posts\/1044402752265053\" target=\"_blank\">released revision<\/a> of the MMDA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3.png\" alt=\"border3\" width=\"850\" height=\"5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3.png 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/11\/border3-300x2.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><strong>Article by:<\/strong> Andrew Del Rosario<br \/>\n<\/em><strong><em>Source: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/nation\/2016\/02\/02\/1548957\/mmda-reroute-edsa-traffic-people-power-anniversary\"><strong><em>philstar.com<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>Photo courtesy of: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"faq.ph\/famous-monuments-and-shrines-in-the-philippines-that-you-should-visit\/\"><strong><em>faq.ph<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever you\u2019re planning on spending Feb. 25, please avoid EDSA if you can, as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it will reroute traffic along EDSA for the 30th People Power Revolution Anniversary. According to MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos, rerouting traffic along EDSA is still necessary even if Feb. 25 has been declared as a non-working holiday. There will be an Experiential museum in Camp Aguinaldo that will showcase events that led to the People Power Revolution, the MMDA chairman said. There will be 1700 personnel deployed around the immediate vicinity of the People Power Monument. Initial plans reveal that the stretch of EDSA along Ortigas Ave. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/02\/reroute1-e1454587106755.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760","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=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5039,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions\/5039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}