The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is set to form a team which will enforce the “no parking zones’’ in major and secondary streets in Metro Manila.
Crisanto Saruca Jr., head of the MMDA-Traffic Discipline Office, said that the new team will be composed of 60 personnel coming from various offices of the agency, including those from Towing Operation and Anti-Illegal Parking groups.
The new team will be headed by traffic officer Roldan Aban Sr.
The move came after the agency on June 30 dissolved its unit whose members were tasked to go after vehicles illegally-parked on 17 Mabuhay Lanes, the alternate routes used by private motorists avoiding the congested Epifanio de los Santos Avenue.
“Mabuhay Lanes have been dissolved. It was finished on June 30, so we created a new one under the Traffic Discipline Office. This group is dedicated for anti-illegal parking operations. The general rule is no parking on the roads and on the sidewalks,” Saruca said.
The 17 Mabuhay Lanes are alternative routes to the 23.8-kilometer Edsa. These cover the cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati, Manila, and Quezon City. It also include secondary roads going to shopping destinations in Metro Manila such as Baclaran in Parañaque, Greenhills in San Juan, Divisoria, and Carriedo in Manila.
During operations, Saruca said the team will closely coordinate with the local government units, Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group.
“We will get rid of illegally parked vehicles in all roads anywhere in Metro Manila,” said Saruca.
Earlier, MMDA launched a social media campaign which aims to provide quick response to the public to report illegally parked vehicles, road obstruction, and unauthorized road diggings along major roads in Metro Manila, including the Mabuhay Lanes.
MMDA said motorists can take pictures of stalls of illegal vendors, basketball courts in Mabuhay Lanes, gambling tables, and other road obstructions and post them on Twitter with the tag @MMDA.
