{"id":45373,"date":"2015-03-21T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45373"},"modified":"2015-03-21T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T04:00:51","slug":"mmda-closes-ayala-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/21\/mmda-closes-ayala-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"MMDA closes Ayala Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44837\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ayala-bridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44837\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ayala-bridge-300x208.png\" alt=\"Ayala Bridge in Manila (Norman P. Aquino \/ Wikimapia)\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ayala-bridge-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ayala-bridge-600x416.png 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ayala-bridge.png 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayala Bridge in Manila (Norman P. Aquino \/ Wikimapia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The \u00a0Ayala Bridge in Manila will be closed today for a month to pave the way for its repair.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will start the rehabilitation of the bridge to restore its structural integrity from March 21 to April 20.<\/p>\n<p>The repair will include the raising of the bridge to .75 meters to give more headrooms for barges plying the Pasig River.<\/p>\n<p>This measure will also be done to prevent it from hitting the posts which will weaken the structure.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the completion of the rehabilitation, some parts of the bridge will be opened to light vehicles only from April 21 to July 20.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the announcement, the Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday called on the motorists for patience as they plot changes in the traffic plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should avoid the area as much as possible and take alternate routes instead,\u201d MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino said.<\/p>\n<p>Tolentino also said that heavy traffic is expected on major thoroughfares in Manila such as Quezon Boulevard, United Nations (UN) Avenue, Taft Avenue, Legarda, Quirino, Recto, Magsaysay and Roxas Boulevard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The \u00a0Ayala Bridge in Manila will be closed today for a month to pave the way for its &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":44837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45373","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=45373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}