Hey, Metro Manila drivers! Here’s how you can temporarily increase your chances of happiness and sanity while driving.
“On Monday, Nov 18, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday said that vehicles delivering relief goods and materials to repacking centers for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda will be exempted from the truck ban and the number-coding scheme,” reports Dennis Carcamo on Philstar.com.
MMDA general manager Corazon Jimenez explained that the exemption is contained in a memorandum signed by Chairman Francis Tolentino, who heads the task force for debris clearing in Tacloban City.
According to the reports, The exemption from the number coding scheme “also covers heavy vehicles ferrying relief goods to three identified relief repacking centers: The Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the Department of Social Welfare and Development relief station located at NAIA Road, Pasay City, and Air 21 Warehouse in Old MIA Road, Barangay Vitalez, Paranaque City.”
The number coding and truck ban exemption, which will be in effect until November 30, aims to expedite the delivery of much needed relief goods.
To be extra sure about this, contact the MMDA through its trunkline +63 2 8824154 to 74, MMDA Hotline 136, and the MMDA Duty Officer at +63917 5618711.
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