Traffic in BGC

[marktams86]

Ah oo. Pwede din sana dyan going to makati, kaso i have to drop off my wife sa market2x area eh.

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[JohnM]

chino roces ba sir? hehe pag galing akong mckinley dun ako dumadaan eh, diredirecho, except sa mga jeep na pumapara

Ye. Patapos na ang repaving nila. Most likely mauuna pang matapos yon kesa McKinley. Inisip ko din from Chino Roces pumasok ng Dasmarinas (school sticker) then labas sa Pasay Road pero naalala ko na mabilis lang ang stoplight ng EDSA dyan. Direcho ko na lang until EDSA then kaliwa to Pasay Road. Di naman makukulit masyado ang mga jeep dyan.

Problema ko na lang ang BGC to Makati sa hapon. If via Buendia flyover mabilis na ang 45 mins. Tantya ko naman sa McKinley 30 minutes eh nasa Sun Life building pa rin ako

[marktams86]

I was thinking of another route, ewan ko lang if feasible. Kung via guadalupe ka, sa gilid nang pasig river then ko out sa may edsa then buendia or ayala na.

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[JohnM]

I was thinking of another route, ewan ko lang if feasible. Kung via guadalupe ka, sa gilid nang pasig river then ko out sa may edsa then buendia or ayala na.

Not sure kung advisable. Dami kasi chokepoint: Gate 1, left turning jeeps going to Guadalupe, left turning vehicles going to EDSA, bus stop sa Guadalupe, merging sa Estrella, then finally kasabay mo lahat ng galing Kalayaan flyover pagdating ng Buendia. Baka faster pa Buendia flyover kung galing kang Market.

[_Qwerty_]

malayo iikutin kung mag guadalupe ka.. depende din sa time of day.. nag traffic din don sa jp rizal..

faster pa yung via ayala.. wag ka aakyat sa buendia flyover.. ilalim.. then akyat flyover to ayala via edsa..

[jaggerx3]

Nakakainis minsan yung mga nagttraffic or guards ng SM dyan. Yung intersection sa may aura banda, yung may papunta ng south bound. Sa stoplight naka go yung papunta sa daanan ng pa SB ng C5, kahit naka go kami, pinapaandar yung nasa Aura galing kaya ayun aabutan ng stop.

[BratPAQ]

Nakakainis minsan yung mga nagttraffic or guards ng SM dyan. Yung intersection sa may aura banda, yung may papunta ng south bound. Sa stoplight naka go yung papunta sa daanan ng pa SB ng C5, kahit naka go kami, pinapaandar yung nasa Aura galing kaya ayun aabutan ng stop.

Pede ba yun? Guard lang naman sila hindi traffic officers. Gaya ba yan ng sa SM MoA na yung kalye eh property ng SM kaya pwede sila manghuli?

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[vinj]

Hmmm... i wonder if this plan will ever see the light of day in our lifetime. I saw this possibility on googlemaps before and the real issue really is the bottleneck in the Kapitolyo area and Shaw.

The Makati underpass should help but they also have to address the other bottlenecks that will arise. This is also bad news for Makati CBD goers like me, during the construction period.

DPWH plans bridge, underpass to connect BGC, Makati and Ortigas | Nation, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

DPWH plans bridge, underpass to connect BGC, Makati and Ortigas
By Mike Frialde (philstar.com) | Updated January 21, 2014 - 4:41pm
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MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday bared before the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) its plans to build a bridge that would link Taguig City's Bonifacio Global City (BGC) with the Pasig City's Ortigas Center and a vehicle underpass at the heart of Makati's business district.

In a presentation made before the sectoral committee on infrastructure development of the MMDA-Regional Development Council, the DPWH said the "Bonifacio Global City to Ortigas Center Link Road Project" will directly link the two bustling business districts and will also provide accessibility between the cities of Pasig, Mandaluyong, Taguig and Makati.

The project, which involves the construction of a "bank-to-bank" bridge (similar to the design of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge in Cebu) that would cross the Pasig River along J.P. Rizal Street in Makati near the Makati Park and Garden to Sta. Monica Street in Pasig City across.

From the bridge, the route would take the motorist travelling from the BGC through Sta. Monica Street through Shaw Boulevard and then to West Capitol Drive near where the high-end Capitol Commons residential area (formerly the Rizal Capitol) is located.

Engr. Virgilio Bonsol of the DPWH said the construction of the project will start this July and is scheduled to be completed by June of 2016.

The project said the MMDA, would be taken-up for discussion on Wednesday with the Metro Manila Council (MMC) which is composed of all the mayors of Metro Manila.

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Ease EDSA traffic

The DPWH said that with the new connecting bridge, some of the traffic on EDSA and the C5 Road woulld be relieved and travel time is expected to improve from 9 kilometers-per-hour to 28 kph.

In addition, the DPWH said travel time between the BGC and the Ortigas Center during peak hours would improve by some 15 percent or from 7.5 kph. to 8.7 kph.

Aside from cutting the travel time between the affected urban centers by some 20 percent, the DPWH also projects that overall travel speed on the entire network is expected to increase by 6 percent.

Meanwhile, the DPWH also announced its plan to build a vehicle underpass along Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue (formerly Buendia) in Makati's Central Business District.

According to the DPWH, the construction of the four-lane, 570 meters tunnel that passes through the Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas intersections would start this July and is slated to be finished by April 2016.

The DPWH said the P1.2 billion project will be locally funded and is expected to reduce traffic congestion in the area by some 50 percent.

It said that the project starts at the Makati Avenue going west towards Ayala Avenue and ends at some 240 meters from Paseo de Roxas going east towards EDSA and Kalayaan Avenue.

The existing number of lanes and road widths of the westbound and eastbound between Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas will be maintained while the sections adjacent to the tunnel approaches will have two lanes on both directions, the DPWH added.

The MMDA said the proposed tunnel project will also have to be discussed with the MMC today in their meeting at the Makati City Hall.

[keithdb]

^ sana napag-isipan nila mabuti. 2 lane lang yung sa may west capitol drive feeling ko di niya kakayanin ang magiging volume ng sasakyan, additionally this would bring congestion to the lanuza-ultra-capitol commons area. tapos lalong magkakatrafik shaw. kawawa kaming tiga east side na tumatawid lang going ortigas cbd area.

[JohnM]

Start daw July and funded na. A big help if it pushes through. Parusa lang during construction lalo na on Buendia. Oh well no pain no gain.

Alternate route lang naman yung bridge. There's still C5 and EDSA. Similar concept sa Rockwell bridge. It's not wide pero it's an acceptable alternative.