CCTO intensifies drive against illegal parking
At least 130 vehicles have been clamped by the personnel of Cebu City Transportation Office in the past two days of intensified campaign against illegal parking.
CCTO Operations Chief Francisco Ouano said they have intensified the implementation of City Ordinance 1664 or the city’s clamping ordinance.
“Our personnel will be roaming the city’s streets, especially the major thoroughfares. We will make sure that our streets will be cleared of vehicles for smooth flow of traffic,” he said.
Ouano said they have been doing the operation but it will be doubled now that they have acquired additional equipment. He said his office received 100 additional clamps from the city government. Of the 100 units, 30 are for trucks and 70 for light vehicles. It augmented to the CCTO’s existing 20 clamps for light vehicles.
Ouano said motorists should park their vehicles in designated parking areas and not on the street.Because of the intensified operation, he said his office received several comments from the owners of clamped vehicles.
“They asked us why only now? Why are we imposing the ordinance on barangay roads? I just told them that barangay roads are owned by the government. We are intensifying our efforts because of our traffic situation,” he said.
Despite receiving complaints, Ouano said he will explain to the motorists that the office is doing mitigating efforts to address the worsening traffic situation in the city.He said CCTO personnel clamped the vehicles illegally parked along streets in barangays Busay, Sambag 1, Sambag 2, Kasambagan, Pardo, among others.
Violators will have to pay P1,000 clamping fee and illegal parking.
“We are doing this also because we have received complaints from the firemen that they have not accessed the roads because of the presence of vehicles parked along A. Lopez Street when a fire hit the area,” he said in Cebuano.
To redeem the clamped vehicles, Ouano said car owners should present the official receipt and the vehicle’s certificate of registration.