This is a very late post. I saw this draft that I made more than 7 months ago when I passed by General Santos Avenue in Taguig en route to Laguna where I was to attend a nephew’s wedding. General Santos Avenue is the road connecting C6 with the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX).

Fence dividing traffic along either side of the road

The fence stretches along a significant length of the avenue, effectively preventing people from crossing the street anywhere.

Unfinished section (should be done by now) showing the original carriageway on the left. The new lanes due to the road widening project is on land acquired from the DOST lot on the right.

It becomes clear in this photo that the median of the widened road is actually where the walls of the DOST compound used to be. Note the dead end where DOST land has not been expropriated yet for the road widening project.

Either side of the road are DOST lands. The main compound is at right while the left is the MIRDC compound.

The experimental Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) is found at the MIRDC compound.

More on similar cases in future posts. Road widening projects are very popular with the DPWH, and the agency has been criticized for being somewhat lazy or applying a non-imaginative approach to solve traffic problems. The project is a good example of DPWH fulfilling its mandate. Never-mind that this is not a sustainable approach to addressing transport problems.

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