Duterte Has Budgeted $7.5 Billion to Solve World’s Worst Traffic
Vehicles travel along a road during rush hour in Manila.
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The Philippines plans to build roads and bridges worth 380 billion pesos ($7.5 billion) to decongest the capital’s main highway, seeking to solve the world’s worst traffic.
More than 400,000 vehicles pass daily through Manila’s main road called EDSA, and President Rodrigo Duterte targets to reduce this by a third before his six-year term ends in 2022 by building alternative routes, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said on Friday.