By Mortz C. Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY – To ease up the traffic congestion here
and to expand the route of public utility jeeps (PUJ), Mayor Belen T. Fernandez
will sign into law Monday the resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (legislature)
last Friday.
According to Councilor Jeslito “Jigs” Seen, selected
PUJs from the eastern part of this expanding city and those that hailed from
the three barangays in Bonuan that are barred by the coding system will be
allowed to ingress at the junctions near Silverios Restaurant in Arellano Street and near Jollibee in AB Fernandez Street.
“Oo, after that punta sila sa Arellano (Street),” Seen referred to PUJs that came from these sides of the city.
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| The multi-million pesos Lucao-Dawel Bridge at the De Venecia Highway Extension where public utility jeeps in Dagupan City will ply. (Photo Credit: Phil. Geoview.info |
Those jeeps that are to be included in the new route
are from Barangays Bonuan Gueset, Bonuan Binloc, Bonuan Boquig, Tambac, Bolosan,
Salisay, Mangin,Tebeng, and Mamalingling
Seen said those franchised PUJs that ply CSI to
Downtown Area and vice versa are not included in the new ordinance.
The outgoing solon explained that the jeeps will enter the junction of the De
Venecia Extension Highway near Silverios and cruise the stretch of the Highway and
circle at the parking space of CSI Mall in Barangay Lucao so they can loop to
their origin.
The Highway has almost three kilometers in length or almost six kilometers if based on the round trip of a PUJ.
“This will
ease up the snarl in the Downtown main city area and increase the income of PUJ drivers who
were barred for two days a week before this ordinance modification,” a
spectator cited.The Highway has almost three kilometers in length or almost six kilometers if based on the round trip of a PUJ.
Seen said there are more or less 14, 000 passenger’s jeeps that ingress and egress the main city's thoroughfare.
After Mayor Fernandez signs it on Monday, the people
here will wait after the 15 days’ publication in a local newspaper as required by law before it can
be implemented on July 2 by incoming Mayor Brian Lim.
Lim defeated Fernandez, a mall business rival, in the acrimonious and
extravagant May 13 election by a slim vote of 1,239 (1.3% of the 97, 073
voters) where both garnered 49, 156 and 47, 917 votes, respectively.
Seen told this writer that before they passed it on
the third or final reading, the members of the SP complied with the
requirements of three public hearings with the stakeholders as dictated by the Local Government Code and other laws.
He added that the new ordinance of the new route
covers the use of the new common terminal constructed near the Highway.
The state-of-art terminal will suppose to house those air conditioned buses that ply this city and Metro Manila.
One of the reasons seen by this newspaper for that failure to transfer those huge vehicles was the requirement that it needs from the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation & Regulatory Board that the SP was not able to comply.
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The state-of-art terminal will suppose to house those air conditioned buses that ply this city and Metro Manila.
One of the reasons seen by this newspaper for that failure to transfer those huge vehicles was the requirement that it needs from the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation & Regulatory Board that the SP was not able to comply.
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