The road that traverses the old Smokey Mountain area in Manila and that used to be congested by informal settlers will be turned into a high-capacity highway by January 2017 to ease heavy vehicular traffic on EDSA and Circumferential Road 5 (C5).
“Filipinos will soon have access to an improved and widened Radial Road 10 or R-10 which they may opt to use as alternate route to EDSA via Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard in travelling from north to south and vice versa,” Secretary Mark Villar of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said in a statement.
“We have completed the clearing of illegal structures along the road right-of-way. We will now resume construction activities for the full completion of the upgrading and widening of the remaining section, particularly at Pacheco, Tondo area,” he added.
The 9.7-kilometer R-10 stretching from Delpan Bridge, Tondo, Manila to the mouth of the Malabon River at Bangkulasi Bridge on C-4 Road in Navotas City may be used as an alternative route to EDSA and C5 for motorists traveling from Quezon City to Manila and Pasay.
“The Bangkulasi Bridge at the end of C-4 in Navotas City has also been recently opened following the relocation of informal settler families previously occupying the foot of the bridge,” Villar said.
He added that the road improvement project will not only ease traffic congestion, but also enhance economic efficiency and the competitiveness of the export industry by providing faster and more reliable freight movement.
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