THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday announced that a portion of Aurora Boulevard, between Oxford and Imperial Streets, will be closed to vehicular traffic for seven consecutive nights to make way for the replacement of 11 escalator units of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 2, Cubao Station.
From 12:01 to 5 a.m., the closure will be implemented on the westbound lane (Manila-bound) on January 25 (Saturday) up to February 1 (Saturday).
“This will allow the private contractor of the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to transfer the escalator units from a big truck to the Cubao LRT station using a mobile crane,” the MMDA said.
Transfer would only be done at night to minimize the inconvenience, it added.
Private and public utility vehicles will be diverted to take the following routes:
Vehicles going to Manila must turn right to Yale Street or Oxford Street, turn right to Columbia Street, turn left to Imperial or West Point Street then back to Aurora Boulevard.