This should ease truck-related woes, right?
“Expect more trucks on the stretch of Quirino Avenue and Osmeña Highway at all times as the Manila City government opens the second of its so-called ‘express trade lanes’ on Monday. August 18,” reports Nathaniel R. Melican in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Councilor Manuel “Letlet” Zarcal explained, “From Roxas Boulevard, trucks will be allowed to turn left on Quirino Avenue and then they can turn right on Osmeña Highway to reach South Superhighway and vice versa.”
The report noted: “The new route will connect truckers coming from the Port Area to South Superhighway and the provinces of Laguna and Batangas and vice versa.”
However, the report also said that “unlike in Roxas Boulevard, the lanes dedicated to truckers on both sides of Quirino Avenue are the outermost lanes or those closest to the sidewalks.
Zarcal went on to say, “With Roxas Boulevard, we let them use the innermost lanes. But if they turn left to Quirino, it’s easier for them to stay in the outermost lanes since they will have to turn right to Osmeña and the South Superhighway anyway,. Then, on Osmeña Highway, they’re free to use whichever lane they want. After all, it’s only a few more kilometers before they leave Manila.”
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