The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) will implement an Experimental No Left Turn on the Maa-C.P. Garcia Highway due to the ongoing construction of the flyover in C.P. Garcia corner Maa junction.
CTTMO head, retired PCol. Dionisio Abude told the DCDR News Alert program over the city-owned Davao City Disaster Radio that the No Left Turn traffic scheme will begin on Thursday, September 21.
“Starting ugma mag deploy na ta’g mga tao para ma-orient na ang mga motorista bahin aning pagahimuon nga traffic scheme nga no left turning diha sa C.P. Garcia ug Magtuod junction (Starting tomorrow, personnel from the CTTMO will be deployed in the area to guide motorists regarding the No Left Turn traffic scheme on C.P. Garcia and Magtuod junction),” he said.
Alternative routes that motorists may use during the implementation of the traffic scheme are posted on the Facebook page of the CTTMO, along with a map to guide them through the re-routing. Abude also said that their office posted advisories on the roads affected by the No Left Turn traffic scheme.
“Naa ta’y mga advisory ani. Unang-una, didto sa Ulas naa ta’y gibutang didto. Diri pud sa may Milan, Buhangin naa ta’y gibutang didto. Unya, didto pud sa Magtuod naa ta’y gibutang nga advisory nga wala ta’y left turn. Tapos diri pud sa C.P. Garcia sa may Langub naa pud ta’y gibutang didto nga advisory, ug diri pud sa going Southbound sa may unahan sa may bypass road gibutang nato (We have posted advisories on this. There’s one in Ulas. There’s also one in Milan, Buhangin. We also put an advisory in Magtuod that turning left is not allowed. Then, there’s one in C.P. Garcia near Langub, as well as a nearby bypass road going south,” he said.
Abude clarified that the traffic scheme is experimental.
“Kung madayon karong September 26 or 29, naa ta’y traffic board mao nang atong giobserbahan ni karon hangtod muabot ni nga schedule para naa ta’y ma-present didto. I-present nato ni, so kung maayo ang resulta i-recommend nato nga mao ni atong himuon nga traffic scheme while gahimo aning flyover sa C.P. Garcia (On September 26 or 29, there will be a traffic board where we will present this scheme, which is why we are observing it until the schedule. If the results are good, we will recommend the use of this traffic scheme for the duration of the construction of the flyover in C.P. Garcia),” he added. CIO
