* Parañaque - To expand truck ban for APEC summit
-- With the re-implementation of the truck ban along all Metro Manila roads starting Tuesday, the local government of Parañaque announced that the city would expand its truck ban to ban cargo trucks from the city’s major streets... In a statement on Sunday, Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced that the move was also in anticipation of the Manila leg of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and to address the “worsening traffic congestion in Metro Manila.” ... Under the expanded truck ban, would prevent APEC summit delegates from getting stuck in traffic jams... Covered by the ban are 10-wheeler cargo trucks, trailer trucks, transit mixers and heavy vehicles transporting sand and other heavy materials... The six-wheeler trucks would be exempted from the ban...
(PHOTO by TERESA CEROJANO/The Associated Press: Metro Manila traffic costing Philippines $64 million a day. This is what Manila drivers face everyday) -- Manila, Philippines - The Philippine Daily Inquirer, by Maricar B. Brizuela - September 13th, 2015Labels: traffic congestion, trucks ban
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