A phase of the Candaba Viaduct was quickly closed to motorists Easter Sunday afternoon as a liquefied petroleum gasoline (LPG) tanker caught hearth previous 3 p.m.
According to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), 200 meters of each the northbound and southbound lanes from the Candaba Viaduct had been closed and automobiles had been diverted to the MacArthur Highway.
The space was finally opened to visitors with all lanes satisfactory as of 4:25 p.m. after the hearth was put out, as reported on GMA Super Radyo DZBB.
FOLLOW-UP REPORT: Candaba Viaduct (SB) now open. All lanes satisfactory, as of 4:25 p.m. | by way of @NLEXexpressways pic.twitter.com/IJfwtLqoFI
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) April 9, 2023
The NLEX estimated that some 400,000 motorists handed by the expressway this Holy Week which had a five-day weekend.
Malacañang earlier introduced April 6 (Maundy Thursday) and April 7 (Good Friday) had been common holidays and the Araw ng Kagitingan was moved to April 10, making it a non-working vacation.
The operator mentioned it has began to implement contingencies as queues have began forming as of Sunday night.
“Dun sa aming Tarlac Toll Plaza, mayroon nang pagpila doon na around 1 kilometer, pero ang ginagawa lang po natin dun sa entry na ‘yun galing norte, nagbabarrier up lang tayo,” NLEX Corp. Traffic Operations Head Robin Ignacio mentioned in a report by Jamie Santos on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.
(A kilometer-long queue fashioned at our Tarlac Toll Plaza, however we put up boundaries on the northern entry.)
NLEX Corp. mentioned it had additionally added money lanes and money assortment factors, given the upper variety of motorists as a result of easing of COVID-19 restrictions and the absence of RFIDs used to pay for toll charges.
The operator mentioned some 30% or 100,000 of the automobiles plying NLEX and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) have but to avail of the RFIDs. — Jon Viktor Cabuenas/DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
