We provided support to the Department of Environmental Services of Makati City by enjoining MaCEA members to take active part in two Greenhouse Gas Inventory Workshops, the first on October 27, in Barangay Hall of San Lorenzo, and second on November 8, in Barangay Hall of Bel-Air. Mayor Abigail Campos was a special guest at …
MAPA and MaCEA remain steadfast partners in the task of preserving the gains and pushing the growth goals of the Makati CBD. As the entity responsible for crafting policy and implementing parking and traffic rules in the district, MAPA continues to operate the Traffic Management Center. It is equipped with powerful CCTV cameras positioned in …
As part of the political jurisdiction of said barangays, MaCEA has maintained close ties with barangay officials and nurtured harmonious working relations with them. Bel-Air and San Lorenzo have lent the Association a hand with traffic, road lighting, and road maintenance. In the year under review, the two barangays undertook asphalt overlay work on nearly …
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The space below the vehicular overpass at the corner of A. Arnaiz Ave. and Amorsolo St. has been adorned with a green wall, a veritable vertical garden that at once fights air pollution and prettifies the place. Responding with dispatch to reports of the presence of nocturnal rodents in some places, drainage inlets that used …
In an urban hub of steel, cement and glass, a patch of green is always held dear, as precious as an oasis in a desert. Three such nooks are found in the MCBD, places to repair to for quiet conversation or to read a book or to break a sweat or simply to sit in …
With the sidewalks taken care of under the Sidewalk Enhancement and the Covered Walkway Projects, the other focal point is maintenance and improvement of the district’s road network. Improvement calls for roads, constantly beaten from wear and tear, to be overlaid with asphalt to make driving smooth and easy. Asphalting of roads took on a …
Safety and security are paramount concerns in any community, and especially so in a high-profile commercial and residential center such as the Makati CBD, with an illustrious name to protect and a rich promise to deliver. With the extension to 24/7of the operating hours of the seven underpasses in the district, the need for greater …
Concern for the safety of the resident, working, and transient communities in the district prompted the Board of Governors to build two foot bridges across busy Gil Puyat Avenue on both sides of Ayala Avenue. Work on the first bridge, which connects the Columns Building with RCBC Building, was started in November and is scheduled …
Navigating the roads in the district from one point to another has become safer and more comfortable with the Sidewalk Enhancement Project under which the sidewalks in both Legazpi and Salcedo Villages, with broken, chipped or missing tiles, have been furnished with new ones. To make walking even more enticing, sidewalks along two major thoroughfares–Valero …
All seven underground passageways and the elevated walkway are equipped with ascend escalators that have, by normal wear and tear, lived way beyond their service lifespan average of 15 years. This prompted the Board of Governors to embark on a project to retire the old escalators and replace them with brand-new ones. Because of the …