Phl’s 5 highest officials allowed to use EDSA bus lane

Convoys of the five highest officials of the country are allowed to use the EDSA bus carousel.

This was after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) approved the recommendation of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to allow their convoy to use the exclusive EDSA bus lane.

MMDA chairman Don Artes said the DOTr has already released a new guideline as to the vehicles exempted from using the said lane which is supposed to be exclusive for passenger buses and marked vehicles involved in emergency responses such as ambulances.

Artes said in the DOTr guideline that the convoys of the President and the Vice President are authorized to use the bus lane along with the convoys of vehicles of the Senate President and the House Speaker.

The convoy of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is also allowed to use the EDSA bus lane.

Artes said they recommended to the DOTr the exemption of the vehicles of the five highest officials of the country because of the nature of responsibilities that come with the position they hold.

Artes said they already have the list of the exempted vehicles from the DOTr and they will implement that starting on Monday, 20 November.

"The rule is that if the vehicle is not on the list of those exempted, then they will be apprehended and sanctioned. This will be strictly implemented starting Monday," he added.

The new DOTr guideline stated all marked vehicles of all government agencies are not exempted from the exclusive use of the EDSA Bus Lane, as well as those with the protocol license plates.