Kamuning Flyover to Close for 11 Months Starting April

(SPOT.ph) Heads up, motorists! EDSA-Kamuning Flyover will be undergoing rehabilitation starting Thursday, April 25, with the project expected to last for 11 months.

The Department of Public Works and Highways has announced that they are planning four different phases that will take around 12 weeks each, with different sections of 1.5 lanes to be closed off at each time.

EDSA-Kamuning flyover to be closed for 11 months

The retrofitting of the Kamuning Flyover is part of the DPWH's mandate to rehabilitate structures in preparation for the possibility of “The Big One,” which refers to a predicted major earthquake anticipated to strike along the 100-kilometer fault line that runs through the Greater Manila Area.

Road retrofitting is the process of updating existing roads with improvements or additions to enhance safety, capacity, and resilience to environmental challenges.

“The re-decking of the flyover cannot be deferred. We assure the public that we will manage the traffic in such a way that the impact of the repair is minimal to the motorists,” Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Acting Chairman Atty. Don Artes said in a press conference on April 4.

DPWH-NCR Project Inspector Paul Chua also pointed out that the repair will not occupy the entire roadway, adding that the EDSA Bus Carousel Lane will “not be inconvenienced” by this project.

The Mabuhay lanes will be used as alternate routes, with Artes reassuring motorists that the MMDA will step up clearing operations in the vicinity before the repair work starts: “This is to make sure that roads serving as alternate routes are clear and obstruction-free to minimize the effects of the repairs in traffic.”

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Not just the EDSA-Kamuning Flyover

In the same press conference on April 4 the MMDA also announced that the DPWH will also conduct road reblocking and repairs along 14 major thoroughfares in the NCR starting 11 p.m. on April 5 until next week.

“We will only allow DPWH to conduct 24-hour road repairs, which they commit to finish on time and implement properly in the same manner as they implemented it during last Holy Week’s road repairs,” Artes said.

Among the areas to be affected by the road works are the following:

• Tandang Sora Avenue Quezon City (from Commonwealth Avenue going C-5)
• Bonny Serrano Avenue Quezon City (corners of 15th Ave. and 20th Ave.)
• EDSA Northbound Mandaluyong (Apo Street to Pioneer St., outermost lane; beside sidewalk)
• EDSA Southbound Mandaluyong (after Gate 4 to EDSA Shrine)
• Roxas Boulevard Northbound Pasay (between Lourdes St. & Vicente Sotto St.)
• Roxas Boulevard Northbound Manila (between Remedios St. & Pasaje del Carmen St.)
• Roxas Boulevard EDSA Flyover Southbound Pasay (bridge approach, outer & inner lane)
• IBP – San Mateo Road Quezon City (fronting Robinson Easymart to Jollibee, 1st lane from center)
• Luzon Avenue Southbound Quezon City (Congressional Ave. Extension to before Luzon Flyover, 1st lane from center)
• Mindanao Avenue Northbound Quezon City (Uno Fuel to Chinabank, truck lane)
• Payatas Road Quezon City bound to Batasan Road (before Maynilad Pumping Station to G3 Center, outer lane)
• Payatas Road Quezon City bound to Batasan Road (Batasan Rd. to Bayanihan St. / Samar St. to Leyte St., outer lane)
• Araneta Avenue Quezon City (Wayan St. to Mauban St., 1st lane from sidewalk)
• Payatas Road Quezon City (Singko St. to Samar St., inner lane)

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