MMDA Rules on Road Use for Special Events

Republic Act No. 7924 mandates the MMDA to provide transport and traffic management that includes formulating, coordinating, monitoring, and regulating road users in Metro Manila.
Section 6(d) of Republic Act No. 7924 empowers the Metro Manila Council to promulgate rules and regulations and to prescribe and collect service and regulatory fees, and to impose and collect fines and penalties for metro-wide application.
The resolution is promulgated pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 7924.

The resolution regulates road use in Metro Manila for fun runs, motorcades, filming, and other special events conducted along thoroughfares that cause traffic disruption.
The resolution directs organizers to use secondary roads to avoid traffic congestion caused by events conducted along major thoroughfares.
The resolution recognizes that MMDA uses its own resources (including traffic personnel, motorcycles, ambulance vehicles, fuel, and other traffic facilities) in assisting these events without cost.
The resolution regulates special events by requiring permits, conditions, and cash security to manage traffic impacts.

Organizers of any special event such as filming, motorcades, or fun runs must secure a Roadway Private Utilization Permit (RPUP) from the MMDA.
The RPUP requires compliance with all necessary requirements from the relevant Local Government Unit (LGU) or LGUs before the MMDA permit is issued.
The RPUP applies when the proposed event is within an area under MMDA jurisdiction, including events conducted along major thoroughfares of Metro Manila.
The RPUP must also be obtained even if the event is conducted within secondary roads when the event will affect the traffic situation of any major thoroughfare.

The applicant must accomplish an application form supplied by the office of the Assistant General Manager for Operations.
The application must state: the name of the requesting party, the subject of the request, the validity period, and the time and location of the event.
The applicant-organizer must submit a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) to the concerned LGU and MMDA at least fourteen (14) days prior to the proposed event.
The RPUP shall not supplant other permits required from the concerned LGUs under existing laws or local ordinances.
The RPUP’s permit conditions must be strictly observed, including strict observance of the period and time of the event granted under the RPUP.

The RPUP does not exempt the requesting party from strictly observing all traffic rules and regulations.
The RPUP requires strict compliance with its conditions and any conditions imposed for traffic management purposes.
The organizer must observe the granted schedule, including the specific period and time authorized in the RPUP.

The applicant must deposit a cash bond of PHP 1,000 for every lane and kilometer affected by the event.
The cash bond must be no less than PHP 5,000.00.
The cash bond must cover all reasonable expenses and costs for covering the event.
The cash bond balance shall be refunded to the organizers ten (10) days after the event.
The MMDA authority is not precluded from collecting the actual amount incurred that exceeds the deposited cash bond.

Any violation of any provision set forth in the RPUP ipso facto revokes the RPUP.
The MMDA may revoke the permit without prior notice, subject to traffic and security conditions.

A declaration that any part, section, or provision of MMDA Resolution No. 13-10 is invalid or unconstitutional does not affect the enforceability of the remaining parts, sections, or provisions.
MMDA Resolution No. 13-10 takes effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

The resolution authorizes the MMDA Chairman to issue the necessary guidelines to implement MMDA Resolution No. 13-10.
The resolution is confirmed as approved by the majority of members of the Metro Manila Council during its Regular Council Meeting held on March 22, 2013.