MMDA: No revision in number coding

THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday denied reports circulating online that the Metro Manila Council (MMC) will implement a 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), better known as number coding, in several areas in the metropolis.

The MMC, whose members are the 17 Metro mayors, is the policy-making body of the MMDA.

The agency, in its official account on X, formerly Twitter, said the number coding scheme – from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays to Fridays, except weekends and holidays – stays.

It said that window hours will still be from 10:01 a.m. to 4:59 p.m.

The reports circulating online said the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. number coding will be implemented on Recto Ave., President Quirino Ave., Araneta Ave., EDSA and C.P. Garcia as well as Roxas Boulevard, Taft Avenue, SLEX, Shaw Boulevard, Ortigas Avenue, Magsaysay Ave. and Aurora Boulevard, Quezon Ave., Commonwealth Ave., Bonifacio Ave., Riza Ave. and Anda Circle to Samson Road.

In Makati City, the number coding scheme is being implemented from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. without any window hours.