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MMDA to strictly enforce tricycle ban on Katipunan Avenue


MANILA, Philippines – The ban on tricycles will be stricly on Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City starting on Saturday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Friday. An existing regulation prohibits tricycles from plying major roads and Katipunan Avenue is one of the major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, according to MMDA Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG) chief Bobby Esquivel. Violators will be fine P500 and imprisoned for not more than five days and their tricycles will be impounded. Esquivel added that tricycle drivers can be cited for out-of-line operation for using a major thoroughfare or diverting from their approved route. The tricycle ban covers the portion of Katipunan Avenue from Aurora Boulevard to the Balara area behind the University of the Philippines. - GMANews.TV
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