Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Kalakhang Maynila) is a government agency of the Philippines responsible for constituting the regional government of Metro Manila, comprising the capital city of Manila, the cities of Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas and San Juan, and the municipality of Pateros.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
MMDA
Marangal, Matapat, Disiplinado Ako
"[I am] Honorable, Honest, and Disciplined"
November 5, 1975
₱4.78 billion (2020)[1]
- Highways, roads, and/or traffic.
MMDA Building, Doña Julia Vargas Avenue cor. Molave Street, Ugong, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines[2]
2,158 (March 2018)[3]
- Usec. Romando S. Artes, Acting Chairperson
- Frisco S. San Juan Jr., Deputy Chairperson
- P/Col. Procopio G. Lipana (Ret.), General Manager
- Atty. Melissa Carunungan, Spokesperson
The MMDA is under the direct supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines. It performs planning, monitoring and coordinative functions, and in the process exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila without diminution of the autonomy of the local government units concerning purely local matters.
The agency is headed by a chairman, who is appointed by, and continues to hold office at the discretion of, the President of the Philippines. The chairman is vested with the rank, rights, privileges, disqualifications, and prohibitions of a cabinet member.
Transport and traffic management[edit]
Traffic jurisdiction[edit]
The MMDA has traffic jurisdiction over Metro Manila's ten radial roads, five circumferential roads and other roads it may include to enforce traffic laws and traffic management activities. However, the MMDA has route designations for radial roads and circumferential roads different from the route classifications of the Department of Public Works and Highways due to the MMDA's focus on only major roads and thoroughfares.[9][10]
Health[edit]
Anti-smoking campaign[edit]
The Court of Appeals says the MMDA is not among the government agencies deputized to implement RA 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003. The CA added that the MMDA has no police or legislative power to implement the law. It declared invalid MMDA Resolution No. 11-19, which the agency used as basis to implement its anti-smoking campaign.[22]
Public safety[edit]
A first metro-wide earthquake drill was conducted on July 30, 2015, to prepare the public in the event of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Various government agencies, educational institutions and the private sector participated in the drill spearheaded by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Different scenarios were re-enacted to simulate a destructive earthquake that is expected to happen when the 100-kilometer West Valley Fault moves.[23] Buoyed by its success the MMDA has since hosted annual regional drills for the capital.
