THE Metro Manila Development Authority chairman will deploy 1,474 personnel to manage the traffic flow and provide assistance in connection with the 51st Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting of Governors in Mandaluyong City from May 2 to 6.
On the frontline are members of the Task Group Traffic Management incharge to provide personnel and equipment along the ADB dedicated route for seamless movement of delegates from airport to billeting hotel, venues, and other engagement areas and vice versa, at the least inconvenience to the general public.
The five-day meeting is expected to gather 3,000 delegates, composed of finance and development ministers and central bank governors of the bank’s 67-member-economies.
No roads will be closed for the five-day gathering but stop-and-go schemes will be implemented on some intersections to give way for the delegates’ convoy.
“The concentration area is only at the Ortigas Business District, Shangri-La and ADB,” said Frisco San Juan, MMDA deputy chairman.
Occasional traffic disruption might be experienced along Edsa from Magallanes to Ortigas area whenever delegates’ convoy, from airport to Ortigas Center, would pass.
Convoy carrying delegates will use the yellow lane and inserts towards Ayala and Shaw Boulevard flyover/tunnel and underpasses while traveling along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa).
After every tunnel/underpass and flyover, convoy will be directed to yellow lane for public utility buses.
The inner lane of the yellow lane is designated as delegates’ path to and from destinations.
In the Ortigas Business District area, intermittent stops are expected on Julia Vargas, ADB Avenue, San Miguel Avenue, Guadix, Bank Drive, Saint Francis Street, all in the jurisdiction of Pasig and Mandaluyong cities.
The MMDA will also set up ADB Special Lane along Saint Francis Street and Bank Drive.
Motorists are advised to take alternative routes.