I usually just commute going there via bus from P. Tuazon - EDSA, to Ortigas Ave -EDSA, where I get off at the bus stop along EDSA across the Galleria main entrance. The last time I did that was the first Sunday of March. So it was a big surprise to find all the usual pedestrian lanes barred, and there is now a network of steel overpass structures within the ortigas-edsa intersection.It was kinda irritating to find myself trapped in between the "cages set-up by MMDA trying to find my way to a set of stairs going up the overpass network. Pero okay lang, sige, disiplina tayo at tumawid sa tamang tawiran.
The overpass network was constructed below the ortigas-edsa flyover and the MRT line. So, you'll find a number of signs like in the picture. You know why? the overpass lanes built directly below the flyover and the MRT had short vertical clearances! I stand 5'2" on my feet, but i wore my comfy 4-inch heeled wedge shoes that day, and i still had to duck as the sign said, for fear of bumping my head on the flyover.
I'm wondering if there's an engineering sense to this that BF and his MMDA had to follow such that they constructed an overpass that has the potential to hurt the pedestrians? Why intentionally build them so close to the existing structures at all?!
maybre there is a logical explanation, i really, really hope so.
meantime, ang galing talaga ng MMDA... duh.
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