Las Piñas keeps roads clear

The city received high compliance rating for its removal of obstructions

Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda T. Aguilar vowed to rid Zapote-Alabang Road and secondary roads of any obstruction to ensure safety and ease traffic as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) rated the city with high compliance in its road clearing operations.

The mayor and Vice Mayor April Aguilar yesterday called on members of Task Force (TF) Kaayusan, barangay officials and homeowners’ associations to sustain the gains of the clearing effort.

She cited the improved flow of traffic along the Zapote-Alabang Road, which is the city’s main thoroughfare, as well as the removal of sidewalk vendors and the demolition of overlapping structures, including the unfinished excavations by various service utilities.

“These obstructions must be permanently out from our main thoroughfare and the inner roads since the sidewalks are for the pedestrians and the roads to motorists,” Aguilar said.

Prior to the DILG directive, Aguilar had already convened TF Kaayusan in July immediately after her reelection.

The task force, composed of the Estate Management and Development Office, City Engineering Office and the local members of the Philippine National Police, spearheaded by the Mayor’s Office, conducted clearing operations to address concerns on traffic and road hazards.

Traffic enforcers were also ordered to strictly implement City Ordinance 577-02, which prohibits all forms of traffic violations and obstructions along roads and sidewalks.

Last Friday, the DILG posted on its website the evaluation and assessment report on compliance of Metro Manila cities and municipalities based on the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address last July.

Las Piñas was among the 12 Metro local government units which got a high-performance rating, with 91 percent to 100 percent cleared roads and sidewalks.