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- By HELEN FLORES

Motorists and commuters passing through EDSA can rest easy for now, as President Marcos deferred the highway's rehabilitation for a month, citing the need for further studies and concerns raised by different groups.

Marcos made the announcement yesterday, at the launch in Quezon City of the "Pamilya Pass 1+3" promo, which allows passengers of Metro Rail Transit Line 3 and Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 to bring three companions and pay for only one during Sundays.

According to the President, the postponement of the EDSA repair—which was supposed to commence on June 13—will allow agencies "to find a better way" to rehabilitate the decades-old highway.

"In the planned EDSA rehabilitation, there were many who worried, 'what will happen to our jobs? If the time we commute is already so long, it will add another one or two hours, (and) we won't be able to go home anymore.' So we are looking at it," the Chief Executive said in Filipino.

"Besides, we saw new technology that had not been used in the planning of the EDSA rehabilitation. So I instructed Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon and Secretary Manny Bonoan of the DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) to pause the rehabilitation," Marcos noted.