MMDA to shut down U-turn slots in C-5 road

[meledson]

IMO lang po, i noticed that Eastwood wasnt really well-planned if i compare it to a similar development such as Rockwell. Their main entrance is narrow and isnt conducive to traffic flow (with a building built so close to the corner so they can't correct it anymore), a lot of buildings were built next to each other, etc... Maybe the developer should have considered making a flyover from the southbound lane of C-5 Libis going into their development to anticipate C-5 Libis becoming a free-flow road (like what Rockwell did with their EDSA entrance, they constructed their own flyover).

Galing ako sa C5 libis area kagabi. For me better na walang U turn slots dahil mas maganda ang flow ng traffic. Iyon lang nga ang layo ng lugar na puwede kang mag u turn.

[warp]

Kung galing ka ng Kaptipunan ngayon at papunta ka ng Eastwood, you'll wish na may mas malapit na U-Turn slot.

[vinj]

Kung galing ka ng Kaptipunan ngayon at papunta ka ng Eastwood, you'll wish na may mas malapit na U-Turn slot.

True... but the reality is that majority of those transversing C-5 Libis are usually passing through to Pasig/Makati or Q.C./Marikina so it's safe to assume that the benefit of closing the U-turn slots is for a greater majority of the road users.

Now... they just have to discipline those pesky jeeps, widen the road going to Riverbanks (the narrow intersection under the C5-Santolan-Katipunan flyover) and fix that Kalayaan Ave intersection mess.

[bogartski]

widen the road going to Riverbanks (the narrow intersection under the C5-Santolan-Katipunan flyover) and fix that Kalayaan Ave intersection mess.

Ito ba yung papuntang Riverbanks, right turn if coming from direction of Eastwood? May road widening works na dito. Kanina lang madaling araw, andun ang Meralco, nag-transfer na ng mga electric posts nila.

Ayus to pag natapos na, bottle neck kasi sa mga galing/papuntang Marikina.

[sentra98]

Update!

May nakita po akong isang u-turn slot the other night near the shopwise supermarket. After Jollibee yata 'yun.

[kyoots]

sana lang mabawasan na talaga mga jeeps...

just imagine taft avenue and espana without jeepneys... haaay...

anyway, it's already december and they haven't closed the U-turn slots. nanghuhuli pa nga sila ngayon ng motorists near the kalayaan-C5 intersection, particularly those coming from pasig going to makati. binibigyan kasi nila ng priority ung mga nag-uuturn from pateros going to fort bonifacio/kalayaan. problem is, walang lane marking. there's also only one traffic light for the U-turn slot pero yung sa kalayaan, 3 traffic lights ata kaya ang mapapansin mo eh yung nasa kalayaan at hindi mo mapapansin yung nasa U-turn slot. madami lagi nahuhuli rito kaya ingats nalang.

[puroy]

saw this news yesterday in 24 oras...medyo may cons daw yung pagtanggal ng u-turn slots sa may Libis area kasi yung mga pedestrians ay nakikipagpatintero sa mga motorista pag natawid sila.

[fearless]

Update!

May nakita po akong isang u-turn slot the other night near the shopwise supermarket. After Jollibee yata 'yun.

yes nakita ko din yan at mukhang kagagawa lang neto,akala ko wala ng u-turn slots diyan,bakit kaya nilagyan ulit?

[rsnald]

yes nakita ko din yan at mukhang kagagawa lang neto,akala ko wala ng u-turn slots diyan,bakit kaya nilagyan ulit?

request ng mga taga white plains?

nagta-traffic kasi dun sa may ilalim ng IPI/C5 intersection and it creates a lot of traffic under the flyover. Traffic backs up along ortigas going meralco or going Rosario or farther east pa siguro abot or lampas pa ng bridge to mariwasa.
That's the only logical explanation that I can see.

but I agree, the main culprit of all C5 traffic is that kalayaan intersection. They should build another flyover in that area. Nabale-wala yung purpose ng C5 because of that intersection. When I first drove on c5 back in 1995, drive from Cainta to BF homes parañaque took only one hour. Ngayon? ewan ko lang kung makalampas ka ng Kalayaan intersection in one hour coming from Cainta/eastern metro manila area.

[meledson]

Sa Kalayaan intersection na iyan on the way to pasig, kadalasan pa na naghuhuli sila ng mga belchers.

Se left side ng daan mga jeep na pa U-trun, sa kanan naman mga naka harang na nahuli for emission testing. Nagagawa pang terminal ng FX ang kanto na iyan.