Here’s yet another measure to (hopefully) ease traffic woes.
In case you missed it, the Interagency Council on Traffic (iACT) recently announced that the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) will allow motorists to use an access road within its compound to help ease traffic in Quezon City.
“Accredited vehicles will be allowed to enter the North Avenue main gate going to Mindanao Avenue and vice versa from Monday to Friday during peak hours (6am to 9am and 4pm to 7pm),” reports Erika Sauler in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report noted that “Manny Gonzales, iACT deputy chief traffic enforcer, said the 1.5-kilometer stretch could save 10 to 15 minutes of travel time for motorists going to Balintawak and (North Luzon Expressway) NLEx.”
Moreover, the move is “expected to reduce gridlock at the intersection where an average of 235 vehicles turn right from North Avenue to Mindanao Avenue in the morning and about 500 at night.”
Motorists have to apply for an accreditation sticker with the security office of VMMC. The sticker will cost PHPP500.
To make it clear, below is the list of requirements for the accreditation:
-Land Transportation Office (LTO) official receipt number
-LTO certification of registration number
-ID photos
-completed application form (to be given at the VMMC Security Office)
-PHP500 application fee
