{"id":266056,"date":"2020-08-21T04:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266056"},"modified":"2020-08-21T04:07:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T08:07:30","slug":"no-plans-to-install-toll-road-along-edsa-dotr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/21\/no-plans-to-install-toll-road-along-edsa-dotr\/","title":{"rendered":"No plans to install toll road along EDSA: DOTr"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_266057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266057\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/44520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266057 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/44520-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/44520-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/44520-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/44520-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Free-flowing traffic along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue-Kamuning flyover is experienced on Tuesday (August 18, 2020). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday clarified that the government has no plans to install a toll road along Edsa.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the DOTr said the idea was merely a suggestion by \u201cvarious stakeholders\u201d and does not \u201cautomatically\u201d turn into a proposal or a project for implementation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike any project, it has to go through the proper process,\u201d\u00a0the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview over Teleradyo, DOTr Road Sector Consultant Assistant Secretary Alberto Suansing said the proposal suggested the establishment of an electronic road pricing during rush hours at EDSA as a means to lessen traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the proposal was not appropriate at this time as it requires a more efficient public transportation system.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHindi &#8216;yan nararapat sa panahon dahil hindi pa maayos ang ating<\/em>\u00a0public transport system,\u201d Suansing said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday clarified that the government has no plans to install &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":266057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266058,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266056\/revisions\/266058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}