City, ABC asked to help clear roads of eyesores
THE Department of Public Works and Highways ( DPWH) observed that some roads and sidewalks in Cebu City are again being occupied by illegal vendors and other business owners.
Engr. Nicomedes Leonor of the DPWH Cebu City Engineering Office said that such a problem can be solved immediately if only the Cebu City Government and the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) will assist the DPWH in getting rid of these violators.
DPWH 7 Director Ador Canlas appealed to the City and barangay officials to help in monitoring illegal occupants of roads and sidewalks.
The obstructions of roads and sidewalks include illegal parking, illegal structures, illegal vending, illegal operations of trisikads, illegal operation of habal-habal, illegal operation of carwash and auto-repair shops, illegal extension of stores, illegal jeepney terminal and illegal tricycle terminal.
Leonor said that the DPWH is the caretaker of roads and sidewalks in behalf of the National Government, but local government units (LGUs) also have the police power to clear the areas for the benefit of the pedestrians.
He said that the illegal occupation of sidewalks endangered the pedestrians who are forced to walk on the roads, as well as causing traffic problem.
DPWH 7 Assistant Director Juby Cordon dis- patched a team to inspect the roads and sidewalks that are now occupied by vendors and other people.
The violations can be seen on the roads and sidewalks of F. Llamas St from the corner Natalio Bacalso Ave. to Tisa Barangay Hall; on Katipunan St. from Tisa Barangay Hall to the junction of Katipunan, Natalio Bacalso Ave. and V. Rama Ave. These can also be seen on V. Rama Ave. from Natalio Bacalo Ave. to the Guadalupe Church; and on B. Rodriguez St. especially at the roadside in front of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.
Leonor reported to Cordon that the F. Llamas St. must be cleared immediately because this is the only national road in Punta Princesa.
The roads and sidewalks on these areas were already cleared in August 2015, but those affected by the clearing operations reportedly resumed with their operations.