Is this really a good thing?
“The Metro Manila Council (MMC)—the policy-making body made up of the 17 Metro mayors—issued a resolution on Monday allowing cargo trucks to use the innermost lane of Roxas Boulevard almost everyday,” reports Niña P. Calleja in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The MMC members agreed on the matter following a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras.
The report noted: “Almendras said that congestion in the ports in Manila has worsened since December due to the country’s growing economy. The MMC resolution, however, attributed the problem to the Manila City government’s move starting in February to ban eight-wheeler trucks with a gross vehicle weight of at least 4,500 kilograms from plying the city’s streets from 5am to 9pm.”
In a four-page resolution, the MMC decreed that “cargo and delivery trucks would be allowed to pass through a designated lane on the 7.6-kilometer-long Roxas Boulevard which stretches from Ermita in Manila to Parañaque City everyday, except on Fridays.
The effects of the new policy will be reviewed once again after three months.
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