Good day,
The suggestions for trunk refinement in Manila, Cavite as well as Cebu
all sound good to me. In Mindoro I think we could consider having a full
circumferential trunk to fix the current classification gap between
Calapan and San Jose. In Panay while extending trunk to Caticlan I think
we should consider downgrading route 501 Iloilo-Antique Road to primary.
As for Cotabato City East Diversion Road it will probably be another 1-2
years before the road will start to serve any significant amount of
traffic. This section <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/727651616> on
Sultan Kudarat side of Rio Grande is currently still impassable for cars
during heavy rain and for the final section
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/965331841> construction hasn't even
started yet.
Another road that I'd like to discuss is trunk between Butuan and CDO.
Route 955 seems to have become the de facto trunk for traffic between
these two cities because of the significant time savings. The bypassed
section of route 9 is now mostly serving traffic to the various coastal
municipalities. How does this off-route shortcut differ from other
bypass roads?
Looking forward to your feedback!
On 2021-10-05 04:02, Jherome Miguel wrote:
It's been a week ago since my last post on proposed reclassification
work, this time addressing the case of Metro Manila and suburban
Cavite, but I haven't received any further comment. Anyone mind to
look into this? Also asking for comment what route is trunk around
Cotabato City. I have trunk assigned to CCDR, even if it's currently
incomplete, but it's been moved back to the slower and older route.
On 2021-09-24 22:39, Jherome Miguel wrote:
Hi everyone!
I just did a major rewrite of the existing proposal on proposed road
classifications, having identified what roads will get the trunk and
primary tags. Some updates to note:
- Existing trunk network nationwide will be largely the same as those
under the 2015 guidelines, but with the addition of some 3-digit
(national secondary) routes to fill major gaps. One such gap is on the
Calapan-Iloilo City corridor, currently trunk in Mindoro, while
becoming primary between Caticlan and Ibajay. Some trunk roads,
especially questionable ones, will go.
- The trunk network in Metro Manila will be limited to Route 1 (EDSA,
MacArthur Highway, National Road from south of Alabang), roads that
fill the Route 1 gap from EDSA-Roxas Boulevard to Alabang, and Route
120 (Roxas Boulevard, Bonifacio Drive, Del Pan Bridge, Road 10 and
C-4). This network follows what can be considered as the main through
routes in the region that neither follow the expressways (nor their
service roads), is far more ideal that the existing one with routes
where trunk classification is questionable. Other major surface (i.e.
non-expressway) roads in the region get primary.
- In suburban Cavite (i.e. the sprawl stretching from Bacoor to
Dasma), the trunk network will be limited to Aguinaldo Highway (Routes
62 and 419) and Governor's Drive east of Dasma (Route 65), roughly
paralleling the CALAX route. All other major highways in the province
will become primary.
- In the Cebu-Mandaue-Mactan area, trunk will be limited to Route 840.
Current trunk network includes Route 840, Route 8 within the heavily
urbanized area (except bypassed section that lead to Fuente Osmeña),
plus both roads connecting with the bridges to Mactan (the latter
being questionable additions). As Route 840 becomes the sole trunk
route in the area, all the other existing trunks will become primary.
Primary network there will be rationalized in the Cebu City-Mandaue
area (there is quite too much of them in such a dense area).
- The primary network will still largely be the same, mostly including
much of the 3-digit routes where they have the primary function of
linking large towns and other provincial capitals, plus some of the
tertiary national road network where they link large towns.
Your feedback welcome!
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