That map is from http://www.mymanila.net/. Copied from MMDA I think. Here are the details of those projects. I re-arranged the list starting with Makati, where I live :-)
Project
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Impacted Cities
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Impacted Streets
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Buendia Underpass
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Makati City
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Buendia, Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas
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Magallanes Flyover Repair
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Makati City
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SLEX, EDSA, Pasong Tamo Ext.
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Lawton - Sta. Monica Bridge
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Makati City
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Lawton, Kalayaan, JP Rizal
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Pasig City
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Sta. Monica
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Taguig City
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8th Ave.
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NLEX - SLEX Skyway
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Quezon City
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NLEX, Balintawak, EDSA, A. Bonifacio, Sgt. Rivera, G.
Araneta, Del Monte Ave, Quezon Ave, E. Rodriguez Sr., Aurora Blvd.
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Manila City
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Paco de. Sta. Mesa, Quirino Ave., Pedro Gil
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Makati City
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San Andres, Ocampo, Buendia, Pasay Road, Skyway, SLEX
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C5 McKinley On-ramp
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Taguig City
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C5 Northbound through Upper McKinley Road
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NAIA Skyway
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Pasay City
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NAIA Road, Roxas Blvd., Old Domestic Road, Andrews
Ave., Aurora Blvd., Sales, SLEX
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EDSA - TAFT Flyover
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Pasay City
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FB Harrison, Roxas Blvd., Taft Ave., EDSA
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LRT/MRT Common Station
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Quezon City
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EDSA, North Ave., West Ave., Mindanao Ave.
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EDSA / North Ave. / Mindanao Ave. / West Ave.
Interchange
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Quezon City
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EDSA, North Ave., West Ave., Mindanao Ave.
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ITS North Terminal (TriNoMa)
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Quezon City
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EDSA, North Ave., Mindanao Ave.
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ITS South Terminal (FTI)
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Taguig City
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East Service Road, FTI Area
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LRT East Extension
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Marikina City
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Marcos Highway, Imelda Ave., Sumulong Highway
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These infra projects are important. They should have been started yesterday, not today. The traffic congestion will worsen. I remember when the Ortigas interchange was being constructed, about two decades ago. Lots of whining, complaints from the public, some even suggested not to pursue it because of the heavy traffic that was created, up to 4 or 6 lanes were affected. We have benefited, greatly, from that infra since then. The huge infra projects starting tomorrow will definitely reduce our productivity somehow, with more time spent on the road than in the offices or factories or schools, but the increase in productivity by 2016 or 2017, when they are done, will be tremendous. Tiis lang tayo sa ngayon.
I also support the plan to collapse school sked to only four days a
week, at least in Metro Manila. With a resident population of about 12 million, becomes 13-14 million on weekdays as some people who live in nearby provinces (Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite) would troop to the metropolis to work or study or for entertainment, there is no other sustainable choice for public infra but
go vertical: more skyways, more tunnels, more interchange, more elevated
U-turns. Traffic is an engineering problem with engineering solutions.
One implication here is that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should shrink their manpower, or at least stop further hiring. Any rise in their budget should be used only for actual infra projects, things which do not need 13th month pay, sick leave and vacation leave with pay, holiday leaves, even threat of labor strikes, to continue functioning.
What about the people currently working in those government agencies, or other people aspiring to work with them? Faster mobility of people and goods would mean more business activities, more job creation and expansion in many private enterprises.
Good thing about the skyway is that it is privately-funded and hence, will not require more tax money to be constructed. When the project is done, maintenance will also not come from taxes but from tollway revenues. Government can actually shrink in certain infra projects. Government will refocus its resources, to protect contracts between and among people and enterprises, enforce the rule of law.
-----------One implication here is that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should shrink their manpower, or at least stop further hiring. Any rise in their budget should be used only for actual infra projects, things which do not need 13th month pay, sick leave and vacation leave with pay, holiday leaves, even threat of labor strikes, to continue functioning.
What about the people currently working in those government agencies, or other people aspiring to work with them? Faster mobility of people and goods would mean more business activities, more job creation and expansion in many private enterprises.
Good thing about the skyway is that it is privately-funded and hence, will not require more tax money to be constructed. When the project is done, maintenance will also not come from taxes but from tollway revenues. Government can actually shrink in certain infra projects. Government will refocus its resources, to protect contracts between and among people and enterprises, enforce the rule of law.
See also:
Transport Econ 9: MMDA Bureaucratism, May 27, 2013
Transport Econ 10: MMDA and Car Ban, July 18, 2013
Fat-Free Econ 45: Newton's Laws of Motion and Traffic Congestion, August 11, 2013
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing our infographic!
Our sources actually do not include the MMDA but instead the PPE site and DPWH.
As of Feb 14, the MMDA launched their own project tracker here:
http://mmroadway.com/
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