Traffic Re-Routing Plan for October 25, 2014 (Papal Visit and 36th Anniversary Celebration of Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide)

On October 25, 2014, Roxas Boulevard (from Buendia Avenue to Anda Circle) and President Quirino Avenue (from Taft Avenue to Roxas Boulevard) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Motorists are advised to take the following alternate routes:

1. Northbound vehicles using Roxas Boulevard from Buendia Avenue to Bonifacio Drive are advised to take A. Mabini, Taft Avenue or South Super Highway routes.
2. Southbound vehicles traversing Roxas Boulevard are advised to take Taft Avenue or South Superhighway.
3. South Harbor-bound vehicles will have to wait 30 minutes due to the closure of vehicular traffic along Aduana, Intramuros or take Jones Bridge - C.M. Recto and Bonifacio Drive route towards Aduana.
4. Luneta-bound vehicles are only up to P. Burgos-Taft-Avenue-T.M. Kalaw intersections/junctions.

On the same day (October 25), General Luna Street (from Aduana to P. Burgos) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. and motorists are advised to take other parallel streets or take Aduana-P. Burgos-Taft Avenue

For Pontiff's visit, JIL anniversary celebration: MMDA sets up mobile command post

Three mobile command posts have been set at the PhilTrade Center in Roxas Boulevard, Plaza Dilao in Intramuros and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Headquarters in Makati City to respond to any traffic-related, sanitation or health incidents which may occur during the five-day visit of Pope Francis and the annual anniversary celebration of Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide.
This was disclosed by MMDA Chairman Atty. Francis Tolentino who said the mobile command posts are in direct contact with the MMDA 24-Hour Response Center had also been set up to receive calls fro assistance from the public, motorists and from the Catechetical sites that house millions of participants of the JIL Anniversary Celebration.
Tolentino said 50 traffic enforcers have been assigned at the three command posts ready to augment the traffic management personnel deployed in the critical areas in the Metropolis. Each command post, he added, has medical personnel, two motorcycle units, four garbage compactors, two wreckers and one utility vehicle manned by personnel on a 24-hour shift.