The Davao City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) has released on Thursday its re-routing scheme and traffic plan in view of the country’s observance of the “Undas 2018” starting October 29 until November 3.
Dioniso Abude, CTTMO chief officer, said during the weekly Ispeak media forum on Thursday that around 400 traffic management personnel will be deployed to manage the flow of vehicles in various cemeteries in Davao during All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
“There will be a number of people who would visit the cemetery and start cleaning so we will deploy our troops early, on 30 to 31 until November 1 and 2 after which if there are still a lot of people coming until November 3 then we will extend our deployment, ,” he added.
CTTMO will also implement a rerouting scheme leading to and from the cemeteries and traffic advisories and signs will also be placed in strategic areas to guide motorists and pedestrians.
For Davao Memorial Park, vehicles coming from Quimpo Boulevard-MacArthur Highway junction will not be allowed to turn left to enter the Memorial Park. Instead, vehicles intending to enter the cemetery from Quimpo Boulevard must take either Calamansi Street or University Avenue to exit to MacArthur Highway through Durian Street and proceed to the memorial park.
For the San Pedro Memorial Park, Forest Lake, Orchard Memorial Park, Masonic, Wireless, Catholic Cemetery, CTTMO also said they will implement one-way vehicular traffic from Fr. Selga St. corner F. Torres to Circumferential Road (Sarenas St.) corner Jade St.
Vehicles going to San Pedro Memorial and/or Forest Lake may take Jade St., and turn left to Turquoise St.All vehicles going to the Forest Lake Cemetery may use San Rafael St. (Gold St.), Silver St.-Copper St.
A separate traffic re-routing was also provided for Chinese Cemetery and Buhangin Memorial Park.
All vehicles going to Chinese Cemetery from Bacaca Road may use J.P. Laurel Ave., right turn to Gahol St, right turn to Sarenas Road.
For the Buhangin Memorial Park, the public was advised of a one-way vehicular traffic along the stretch of Cabantian Road from Buhangin Milan to corner Mamay Road.
Vehicles going to the Memorial Park should use C.P. Garcia Highway – corner Milan – BuhanginCabantian Road.
