CTTMO sets one-way routes, no-parking zones around Davao cemeteries for Undas 2026

The Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) will roll out one-way routes, no-parking zones and truck and bus reroutings around the city's busiest cemeteries on November 1 and 2, 2026, under Oplan Kaluluwa 2026, SunStar reported.

Leonardo Pamplona, chief of the CTTMO's Traffic Enforcement Division, told the iSpeak media forum on Thursday, October 29, that 800 traffic personnel will be deployed, mostly at Davao Memorial Park, the Wireless area cemeteries, Buhangin Memorial Park and the Chinese Cemetery. About 150 will be on duty on October 31, with full deployment on November 1 in morning and afternoon shifts of roughly 400 each. Marshals will also guide motorists inside the cemeteries.

CTTMO personnel and police will enforce a 20-second limit for loading and unloading at drop-off points near cemeteries, and vehicles will not be allowed to wait there. "If you want to load and unload, you are given 20 seconds," Pamplona said.

At Davao Memorial Park, the outermost southbound lane of McArthur Highway will be reserved for vehicles entering the cemetery, and a sidewalk lane will be set aside for pedestrians. Left turns into and out of the cemetery will be prohibited; exiting vehicles must turn right and use Quimpo Boulevard. Southbound trucks must take C.P. Garcia Highway or Quimpo Boulevard, while utility buses from Ma-a Road must use McArthur Highway, Sandawa Road and Quimpo Boulevard. Pamplona said nighttime, when visitors leave, is the most critical period.

Pamplona described the Wireless area, which includes the Wireless Public, Catholic and Masonic cemeteries, San Pedro Memorial Park, Orchard Memorial Park and Forest Lake, as the busiest. One-way traffic will run from Fr. Selga Street at F. Torres Street to Circumferential Road (Sarenas Street) at Jade Street. Entry to the Catholic Cemetery from Fr. Selga Street will be limited to vehicles carrying persons with disabilities and the elderly, plus emergency vehicles. Trucks and buses are barred, and parking is not allowed in front of the cemeteries along Circumferential Road.

One-way traffic will also apply on Sarenas Road from Gahol Street to Bacaca Road near the Chinese Cemetery, and on Cabantian Road from Buhangin Milan to Mamay Road near Buhangin Memorial Park, where entry via Cabantian-Jehovah Road will be closed. Parking will not be allowed near either cemetery.

Pamplona said the scheme follows the template of previous years and noted that the city adds about 100,000 vehicles annually. Full traffic plans are posted on the CTTMO's Facebook page. He urged motorists to seek help from uniformed enforcers, follow traffic rules, and check their vehicles using the BLOWBAGETS checklist (battery, lights, oil, water, brakes, air, gas, engine, tires and self) before traveling to the provinces.