Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 9) — Roadworks and mall-wide sales will be prohibited in some areas for over three weeks beginning Aug. 17 due to the upcoming FIBA World Cup, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Wednesday.
The agency said construction or repair works on the following roads will be temporarily suspended effective midnight of Aug. 17, Thursday, until midnight of Sept. 10, Sunday:
– EDSA Monumento to SM MOA
– Kalayaan Avenue, C5 Road to EDSA
– Along Diokno Boulevard
– P. Ocampo St., Taft Avenue to Roxas Boulevard
– Roxas Boulevard, NIA Road to UN Avenue
– Along Meralco Avenue
– Ortigas Avenue, EDSA to C5 Road
– EDSA North Avenue to Agham Road
It added that mall-wide sales will not be allowed in establishments “along EDSA and other areas affected by the FIBA World Cup 2023 to ensure that all affected roads will remain passable, clean, safe, and serviceable to all types of vehicles and pedestrians.”
The international basketball competition — which the Philippines will co-host with Japan and Indonesia this year — will run from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10.
In the Philippines, the games will be held at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan, Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
The MMDA said its memorandum circular on the roadworks and mall sales prohibitions was signed by its acting chairman Don Artes and was issued to all concerned government entities, utility companies, contractors, and shopping mall operators.
