Makati closes streets, reroutes traffic for MMDA Shake Drill

The city government of Makati announced that it will implement road closures and traffic rerouting on June 22, Wednesday, in line with its participation in the Metro Manila Shake Drill and 2^nd Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill, which will start at 9:00am.

According to Arch. Elmer Cabrera, officer-in-charge of the Makati Public Safety Department, portions of J.P. Rizal will be closed for the said drills from 8:30am to 12:00 noon, specifically the right lane (Manila-bound) of J.P. Rizal (segment from E. Zobel St. to Antipolo St.). The leftmost lane of the same segment will remain open to one-way traffic bound for Manila.

The following roads will be totally closed from 8:30am to 12:00 noon: Cardona St. (from J.P. Rizal to Osmeña), Angono St. (from J.P. Rizal to Osmeña), Hormiga St. (from Angono to Cardona), Morong St., F. Zobel St. (from J.P. Rizal to Osmeña), Zenaida St., Ma. Aurora St., and Buencamino St.

For vehicles from Manila going to EDSA, they may pass Antipolo St., turn right to Osmeña St., and right again to E. Zobel.

The staging area for ambulances and fire trucks are in Angono St. and F. Zobel St. The command post, medical post and triage will be stationed in Angono St. The rest of the fully closed roads will serve as the holding areas of evacuees from the different offices and buildings in the city hall compound.

For the scenarios on the collapse of Guadalupe Bridge (water rescue) and Guadalupe MRT Station (collapsed structure rescue), the northbound bus lanes (yellow lanes) on EDSA spanning Guadalupe Bridge will be closed to traffic from 6:00am to 12:00 noon. For the rest of the northbound lanes and southbound lanes in Guadalupe Bridge, traffic will stop at the sound of the siren (signal for an earthquake) at 9:02am. At 9:03am, the southbound traffic will proceed, while for the northbound, traffic will proceed at the areas outside the bus lanes.

The East Cloverleaf northbound will be closed to traffic from 6:00am to 12:00 noon, while the southbound segment will remain open. The closed road will serve as the preposition area for Makati’s ambulances and rubber boat of rescuers, and vehicles from MMDA and other local governments.

Meanwhile, motorists are advised of the following designated alternate routes during the drills: all vehicles along J.P. Rizal east bound toward EDSA, turn right to San Jose St., turn right to Burgos St., and right turn to EDSA. Motorists may also turn right at Lawton Avenue, turn right at Kalayaan St., and right turn to EDSA toward destination.

For all vehicles along J.P. Rizal west bound to EDSA, make a left turn to Lawton Avenue, and right turn to Kalayaan Avenue toward destination.

All PUJs from FTI and Market-Market, take Kalayaan Avenue towards destination.

The Makati Public Safety Department will deploy traffic personnel to assist the public and motorists along affected routes.