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VIEVIORAVIDL'VI

To

All 2014 Bar examinees and laVv school deans

From

Atty. :Via Cristina B. Layusa

Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant

Re

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

Date

September 25, 2014

The following traffic measures shall be observed during the Bar Examinations to ensure
the peaceful and orderly conduct of the exams:
1. As agreed upon with the police authorities, they shall closely monitor and regulate the
use of the sidewalks surrounding CST (Espafia, Lacson, Dapitan and PS oval) on all Bar
Examination Sundays. They shall disperse groups clustered at these sidewalks,
particularly during the entry and exit of the examinees, and during lunch breaks. As and
when necessary, they may declare' portions of the sidewalks off-limits to pedestrian
traffic.
2. Espafia Boulevard, P. >:oval Street and Lacson Street shall at all times be open to
vehicular traffic. Dapitan Street (from the comer of Lacson Street up to the comer of P.
>.'oval Street), on the other hand, shall likewise be open to vehicular traffic, except from
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the examinees' lunch break.
3. The pedestrian overpass in front of Gate 3 at Espafia Blvd. shall be for the exclusive use
of Bar examinees and personnel. To use the overpass, Bar examinees shall be required to
show their notices of admission, while bar personnel will be required to present their
identification cards and gate passes, to the police, SC guards, and barangay officials
deployed at the entries fo the overpass.
4. Buses canying Bar examinees shall unload their passenger-examinees at the designated
and marked unloading points before CST's Gates 2, 3 and 4 and shall only be allowed
five (~) milrntes for their unloading. These buses shall line up gt the "bus lane nearest the
sidewalk of Espafia Blvd. to unload; any overflow shall line up at the lane nearest the
sidewalk of Lacson Street to wait for their tum to unload at Espafia Blvd. Cnloading at
other than the marked and designated points shall not be allowed.

5. Only authorized vehicles (i.e., those with BLLE car passes issued by the Office of the
Bar Confidant) will be allowed to enter LST at the Espana gate and Dapitan gate.
6. All Bar examinees arriving in private vehicles arc required to alight at Espana Bivd. at
the designated unloading points. After unloading, these private vehicles must forthwith
leave to ensure the continuous flow of other unloading vehicles and pedestrian traffic
entering LST.
7. Law school deans with cars and with Pink car passes shall enter through Gate 14 on
Lacson Street, and can park their vehicles at the Cniversity's \1ulti-Deck Carpark in front
of the CST Hospital. Law school deans who have not secured their gate passes are urged
to apply as soon as possible.
8. All persons going to the CST Church (Santisimo Rosario Church) must enter the
Cniversity through Gate 7 on P. >:oval Street. The churchgoers' private vehicles will be
allowed to enter at Gate 5 on Espana Blvd., and exit at Gate 7 on P. >:oval Street, These
vehicles will only be allowed to park in front of the CST Church along Gonzales Drive,
but the parking spaces available are limited. Improperly parked vehicles shall be asked to
leave the CST compound.
9. All those going to the LST Hospital must enter through Gate 14 on Lacson Street. They
can only park their vehicles at the Cniversity's \1ulti-Deck Carpark in front of the CST
Hospital. Gate 14 at Lacson Street shall only be used as entry gate for the use of persons
going to the CST Hospital. Bar examinees and personnel cannot use this gate and must
enter through the assigned Espana gates.

For your guidance and

infor~atio!_'l.