Members of the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) will be deployed to six identified choke points along Edsa beginning on Monday to enforce traffic rules and discipline along the country’s busiest highway.
Chief Supt. Arnold Gunnacao, HPG director, said HPG elements will be visible in Pasay Rotonda, Guadalupe in Makati City, Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City, Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City, Cubao and Balintawak.
“The HPG was directed by the President to enforce traffic rules along six choke points which cause heavy traffic…we were instructed to deploy HPG there to discipline drivers…we see this [lack of discipline] as one of the causes of heavy traffic,” he said.
The HPG director said policemen would focus initially in educating drivers and enforcing traffic rules.
Gunnacao said the HPG will initially dispatch 96 personnel to Edsa on Monday.
Aside from the organic HPG personnel, Gunnacao said the National Capital Region Police Office and the various police districts have committed to augment the HPG with their own members.
“Aside from the 96 HPG personnel, we will be receiving help from local police, those from the districts, to maintain visibility to the areas,” Gunnacao said.