The Department Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reactivated the “Lakbay Alalay” program in anticipation of the exodus of travelers to the provinces to ensure uninterrupted traffic flow along major roads this coming Holy Week.
“In anticipation of the heavy flow of traffic this long weekend, implementing offices were instructed to ensure the provision of informative/regulatory warning signs or traffic advisory along ongoing road projects,” according to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan.
“They shall likewise make sure that appropriate warning, directional, and information signages are legibly and visibly installed, especially along critical sections leading to churches, for the safety of those who will go for Visita Iglesia,” Bonoan said.
The ‘Lakbay Alalay’ Program will provide prompt emergency assistance to motorists and commuters.
The public may approach the deployed ‘Lakbay Alalay’ teams, which are composed of DPWH uniformed field and crew personnel with maintenance equipment on standby at standard navy blue-colored tents on strategic parts of national road.
The DPWH also appealed to the public to bear with inconveniences caused by road improvement activities. Bonoan advised motorists to use alternate routes, and ordered the concerned field offices to provide sufficient traffic advisories.