Motorists experience bumper-to-bumper traffic along the EDSA-Kamuning Flyover in Quezon City on December 15, 2023.  Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News 

MANILA — The Department of Public Works and Highways said Wednesday it would rehabilitate the entire stretch of EDSA in 2025.

In a televised interview, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said Wednesday said President Marcos Jr. directed the DPWH to “improve the riding quality of EDSA.”

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“We will rehabilitate the entire EDSA starting 2025. Kasi sa ngayon, dumaan ka sa EDSA, kung minsan mahihirapan kang mag-text sa kakatalbog ng sasakyan, and I think we need to rehabilitate EDSA once and for all,” Bonoan said.

The official did not give further details, but said that they target to complete the rehabilitation project this year.

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The Management Association of the Philippines last year urged the government to declare a state of calamity in Metro Manila due to the worsening traffic situation in the nation’s capital region.

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Data from the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index listed Metro Manila as having the worst traffic congestion among 387 metro areas in the world.

A JICA study meanwhile revealed that the traffic congestion in Metro Manila alone is costing the Philippine economy at least P3.5 billion per day or P1.27 trillion annually.

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