DOTr issues traffic advisory for transportation of tunnel boring machine
By Hannah Nicol
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) advised motorists on Wednesday, Jan. 31, to expect heavy traffic on some roads in Metro Manila due to the transportation of the Metro Manila Subway Project’s (MMSP) Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM).

The transportation of the machine will start on Feb. 2 to 5, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
These following roads will be affected during the heavy equipment's movement: 5th Avenue between 11 p.m. to midnight; Araneta Avenue between 1 a.m. to 2 a.m; Ortigas Avenue – C5 Road between 2:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m; Doña Julia Vargas Avenue between 3:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.
It advised motorists to take alternate routes.
DOTr said the TBM will be used in the construction of the tunnels that will connect MMSP’s Ortigas Avenue, Shaw Boulevard Station, and Kalayaan Avenue Station.