LTO hosts Road Safety Congress in Mindanao

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Transportation-Land Transportation Office (DOTr-LTO), in partnership with various government agencies, the private sector, and various road safety advocacy groups, successfully held the first Road Safety Congress last February 27 to 28 here.

The two-day event was part of the LTO Region 11’s Road Safety Program dubbed “Partnership for Enhanced Road Safety (PERS)”. With the theme “Making our roads safer through convergence,” the program promoted a unified, holistic, and proactive approach to address road safety issues in the region.

During the Congress proper, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante expressed the agency’s eagerness in hosting the event.

“We are very excited to have this activity. Hindi nare-realize ng karamihan na itong mga nangyayari na injuries, deaths, mas marami ang nanggagaling sa aksidente, sa road crashes,” the LTO chief said.

Previously, Galvante directed all LTO Regional Offices to institute their respective road safety programs to address the spate of road crashes nationwide.

DOTr Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Reinier Paul R. Yebra, who represented DOTr Secretary Arthur P. Tugade, stated in his keynote address that the event was a good platform because of the basket of solutions which may be generated by each organization involved.