Only eastbound traffic will be allowed along the segment of Bonny Serrano Avenue in front of the San Juan City Cemetery for the commemoration of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, or Undas, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said.
Westbound motorists coming from Epifanio delos Santos Avenue will be rerouted to 2nd Avenue, then Mariposa Street and C. Benitez Street before emerging back onto Santolan Road heading to Ortigas Avenue, MMDA Swift Traffic Action Group (STAG) commander Bong Nebrija told reporters in an interview at the San Juan City Cemetery on Friday.
The scheme is set to be implemented on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, according to the San Juan City government in a separate advisory.
‘Later, if the traffic along Bonny Serrano is already heavy, if many of our citizens come here and park on both sides of the street, we might start the one-way scheme,’ Nebrija said in Filipino.
Tents for flower and food vendors line up the eastbound lane of Bonny Serrano near San Juan City Cemetery.
Nebrija said the MMDA shared tents with the San Juan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to assist cemetery-goers.
Visiting hours at the San Juan City Cemetery are from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.