Projects
METRO GWAPO
  MMDA PROJECTS TO TRANSFORM NCR INTO METRO GWAPO
  • Street Nomads
  • Sidewalk Dwellers
  • Waterways Dwellers
  • Pook na Bulok
  • PGMA Workers Inn
  • Metro Padyakan: Metro Walk and Bikeways
  • Organized Bus Route
  • 7 Major Roads
  • C-5/Kalayaan Proposed Elevated U-Turn
  • New Modern Southrail
  • Flood Mitgation
  • Metro Safe Full Story

TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT
 

 

Major Thrusts of Traffic Programs and Activities
Traffic schemes have been initially implemented in EDSA and Quezon Avenue, and are scheduled to be implemented in all major roads to allow vehicles uninterrupted flow, especially at the main roads. To complement these traffic schemes are other equally important aspects of the traffic management program. Full Story
     
 
Urban Transportation
The revitalized PUV Lane Scheme, the implementation of the Organized Bus Route (OBR), and the modified traffic schemes such as the Big Rotonda/U-Turn Slots, are foremost among the traffic management programs being pursued by the MMDA. Full Story
     
 
Traffic Enforcement
The major thrust on the enforcement side is the "No Contact Traffic Apprehension" whereby digital and video cameras are utilized to take pictures of traffic violators along strategic places. Full Story
 
 
Traffic Engineering
The installation of footbridges to ensure unhampered traffic flow as well as the safety of pedestrians, and the application of new thermoplastic pavement markings are the major initiatives on the traffic engineering side. Full Story
 
 
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Traffic Information and Education
Public information dissemination through the use of sound trucks and the creation of the Traffic Academy are among the new thrusts of the Authority along traffic information. Full Story
     
 
MM Urban Transport Integration Project (MMURTRIP). Under fund assistance from World Bank, MMURTIP will cover the traffic management improvements of the 3 most heavily used public transport corridors in Metro Manila. Full Story
     
 
Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Sector Development Program (MMAQISDP). This is an ADB-funded program which aims to improve air quality in MM and surrounding provinces through the abatement of the main mobile and stationary sources of air pollution.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
Advocacy activities are presently being undertaken for the uniform adoption of the Metro Manila Council Resolution on "Unified Approach to Solid Waste Management" and its subsequent translation into local ordinances by tapping the support of the Metro Manila Vice Mayors League.
     
 
MMDA is pursuing the identification of disposal sites where the proposed "Waste Rail Transport System" and the world-class Waste Processing Facility may be established and operated.
     
 
To address the present disposal requiremnts of an estimated volume of about 1,848 tons of garbage in Metro Manila, the Authority is utilizing the controlled dumpsite located at Rodriguez, Rizal and Navotas.
FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT
 
Implementation of flood control projects such as the drainage improvement / pipe laying of frequently flooded streets within Metro Manila, bank improvements of various creeks and esteros, and building of access road for the collection of garbage on houses along the waterways.
     
 
Regular declogging of drainage laterals; desilting of various drainage mains / outfalls and continuous dredging of open waterways.
 
 
Operation/maintenance including rehabilitation/repair of flood control structures, equipment and related facilities such as the Napindan Hydraulic Control Structure, 15 large and 8 small pumping stations, and the facilites and equipment under the Effective Flood Control Operation System (EFCOS) Project.
LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
 
Site cleaning and beautification of the 51 thoroughfares including special sites under the METRO Project (major tourist corridors).
     
Implementation of the landscaping activities for the target eight (8) Special Impact Sites (SIS).
     
 
Repair of damaged, dilapidated, broken gutters, nosing sign, plant boxes, center island structures and sidewalks, paintaing of gutters, curbs, nosing signs, MRT posts an sky carriages.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
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