Road clearing ops for March set

THE Ancillary Services Unit has scheduled dates and areas for the joint clearing of streets leading to densely populated areas in Davao City to ensure the passage of emergency or response vehicles in times of calamity or fires.

ASU head Paul Bermejo, during the I-Speak media forum on March 7, 2024, said that the expanded joint clearing team is now targeting another set of areas after it was able to clear San Pedro St. going to Bucana and San Pedro St. going to Ubalde in February.

The road clearing operations are set on March 13 at Aquino SIR and Daang Patnubay; March 17 at Jacinto St. Guerero, Magsaysay, Sales up to Luna St; March 20 at Barangay 5-A, Datu Bago Street, Rasay Street up to Fr. Selga; and on March 24 at Leon Garcia, Sta. Ana, Fernandez St., and Monteverde - located in Barangay 27-C.

Bermejo said that among the cleared obstructions during the previous operations were extensions of tables and chairs for eateries, construction debris, trisikad, single motorcycles, and private vehicles parked on the streets.

“Ang uban mga basura nalang gyud, naay po’y mga tanom. Dili dapat ibutang diha kay sidewalk and shoulder part lang gihapon na siya sa kalsada. Dili lang unta nato i-occupy na sya kay ang atong residents mag-suffer. (Other obstructions include garbage, and also plants. These should not be placed on the sidewalk and shouldering as it is still part of the road. It should not be occupied because it is the residents who would suffer),” Bermejo said.

Bermejo added that the main point of the clearing operations is that the roads can be used properly as access roads.