Though Metro Manila residents know that road repairs are necessary, nobody’s looking forward to them. The chaos is sometimes just too much to bear.
“Makati City Engineer Mario Badillo said his office had been swamped with complaints about flash floods and traffic jams in areas affected by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) activities,” reports Jaymee T. Gamil in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Badillo released a statement, where in he said, “We appeal to the DPWH to prioritize the completion of its road repair projects in our city, especially in flood-prone and high-traffic areas like Sen. Gil Puyat and Kalayaan Avenues. The longer they take to finish, the less effective our continuous unclogging and desilting operations become in mitigating floods.”
In Makati, there are ongoing DPWH projects on J.P. Rizal Street in Barangay Olympia; Kalayaan Avenue in Barangays Bel-Air, Sta. Cruz and San Antonio; Arnaiz Avenue in Pio del Pilar; Evangelista Street in Bangkal; Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue spanning Palanan and San Isidro; Faraday Street and Rockefeller Street in San Isidro, and Emilia Street also in Palanan.
But, wait! There’s more.
The report revealed that “roadworks are also scheduled on the Magallanes Interchange in Barangay Bangkal and Magallanes.”
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