ARAW NG MAKATI GRAND PARADE
May 9, 2008 (Friday)
along Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas
Award-winning dancers from the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo and other sister localities of Makati will join the parade, providing the Makati crowd with a taste of the colorful dances from various parts of the Philippines.
Organizers anticipate some 5,000 revelers to fill the entire stretch of Ayala Avenue.
Bring umbrellas, rain coats and plastic bags to protect your photography gear just in case it rains again tomorrow.
Road Closure and Traffic Rerouting:
May 8, 2008 (Thursday), 8:00 PM – onward – Westbound direction of Ayala Avenue, from Makati Avenue to Paseo de Roxas, shall be closed to vehicular traffic to give way to the construction of a stage in front of Tower One.
Westbound vehicles along Ayala Avenue, from EDSA going to Gil Puyat Avenue, shall turn right to Makati Avenue, turn left to Paseo de Roxas and turn right to Ayala Avenue. Vehicles going to Tower One and MSE buildings will be allowed to pass thru Ayala Avenue and take MSE driveway.
May 9, 2008 (Friday), 2:00 PM – Ayala Extension (from Metropolitan Avenue to Gil Puyat Avenue), Malugay Street (from Pasong Tamo to Gil Puyat Avenue) and eastbound lanes of Ayala Avenue (from Gil Puyat Avenue to Herrera Street) shall be closed to vehicular traffic, to be used as assembly points of the parade participants. At the start of the parade at 3:00 PM, the remaining portion of eastbound direction of Ayala Avenue from Herrera to Makati Avenue and a portion of Paseo de Roxas, from dela Rosa to Ayala Avenue, shall likewise be closed.
Upon reaching Makati Avenue, parade participants will turn right utilizing the southbound direction (counter-flow), turn left to Paseo de Roxas, turn right to Ayala Avenue, and then straight ahead towards Ayala Extension. Northbound direction of Makati Avenue shall temporarily be made two-way.
All westbound vehicles along Ayala Avenue from EDSA going to Gil Puyat Avenue shall turn right to Makati Avenue while those along Gil Puyat Avenue going to Ayala Center or EDSA shall take the stretch of Gil Puyat Avenue, turn right to Makati Avenue and turn left to Ayala Avenue. Light vehicles from Gil Puyat Avenue going to Legaspi Village or Greenbelt can take Pasong Tamo St., turn left to Dela Rosa Street, turn right to Salcedo St, turn right to Gamboa St., turn left to Rada St., and turn right to Legaspi St. to respective places of destination.
This activity is expected to end at around 6:00 p.m.
You might also want to check out the list of participants in Makati City Grand Parade and the schedule of month-long activities leading to the culmination of 338th Makati Foundation Day on June 1, 2008.
