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TUESDAY AUGUST 6,
2019ll
Moreioin MMDA in cleanup drive
By Joel'E, Zurbano and Maricel V. Cruz
oRE local govemment units are joining t9*t
*itft the M[tro Manila Development Authority
in connection with the campaign to reclaim and
clear alt public roads of obstruction.
On MondaY' moming, the MMDA led bY
chairman Danilo Lim and local governrnent
offipials in Calooban City led the clearing
operations in Bagong tsarrio'
In a related develdPment d
. A leader of the House of RePresen-
tatives expressed elation over. the fteeze
ordered by a courr on the implernentation
Lim acknowledged that longer-term so-
foversial policy cooked up by the MMDA
in an effort to ease traffic on EDSA. lution to the 6a$c problem were thejnfra-
Deputy Speaker Luis Raymond Villa- structure proiects under tlre ilBuil4 Build"
fu€rte; who last week filed House Resolu- Build" p*gr.{tt of thg adhinistration but
"clearin! riads off obstrrctions is one -way
tion 165 seeking a congressional inquiry ipto
MMDA Regulation 19-002, said the cham- to solve the traffic ryhile waiting for these
ber should go atread with this proposed in- Dermanent solutions."
' , -r"rufupitu", for his part, stressed the im-
vestigation inthe hope that lawmakers toqq
portanc" of the barangays taking their part
eventually craft new legislation that would
worsening traffic into the clearing drive and expressed tlre
of a provincial b:us batr on Epifanio delos help authorities solve the
congestion plaguing EDSA and the rest of need to act collectivelY. '
Santos Avenueo Mefo Manila's premiere
Metro Manila. During the operations, two barangay
thoroughfare,
MMDA general manager Jose Arturo halls encr,oaching on the sidewalks werp die:
The Regional Trial Cowt in Quezon
Mayor Oscar mantled and demolishedwhile some ownent
City last week issued a t€{npofttl-y resfrain- Garcia Jr., Caloocan Crty
im- Malapitan and Vice Mayor Macario Asistio of private establishments were given -waf,il-
rngorder that stopped the MMDA from
of obstructions ing to remove fixtures which were already
plementing the ban effective until after the also iupervised the removal
on the sidewalks. on the streets.
iourts have taken final action on this con-
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