Those traffic snarls
Since June 3, drivers and commuters passing through Mandurriao Plaza, Iloilo City have to wiggle their way out of the bedlam of being snarled. There is complete chaos as every driver seeks a space to drive through only to lead the vehicle deeper into the rut of the bottleneck. All streets are filled and there is simply no escape or a way to find an alternative route. A trip to Molo, from Guzman, Mandurriao, which normally takes 15 to 20 minutes now 30 0r 40 minutes, at best and a millenium at worst. The increased volume vehicles brought about by the opening of school classes, the road blocks and obstructions from stalled and ongoing construction works and the rains seem to have conspired to make commuting in this part of the country an agony. Worse, the TMTRO which is supposed to ease traffic flow is just too helpless to perform its mandate. TMTRO, short for Traffic Management and Transport Regulatory Office which City, as the word “managem...