Baguio suffers from monstrous traffic anew

THE LONG weekend have once again brought monstrous traffic in the different areas of the city with tourists taking advantage of the long break.

Baguio City Traffic Management Bureau Head Police Chief Inspector Oliver Panabang explained the management of traffic in the city have forced the Baguio City Police Office(BCPO) to use almost all of its available personnel to help manage the traffic.

“We have maximized the deployment of our police personnel since Thursday night and what we observed was the large volume vehicles coming into the city,” Panabang said.

Personnel coming from BCPO’s reaction force like the City Mobile Force among others have been deployed to assist in managing traffic in the city.

“Our city director, Senior Superintendent Eliseo Tanding went to Marcos Highway to personally oversee the

management of traffic since most of the motorists plying Marcos Highway comes from the lowlands and the only area they know as a point of entry to the city is via Marcos Highway,” Panabang stated.

BCPO have also coordinated with police force of Tubao and Pugo to help divert the volume of traffic by letting private vehicles pass through the newly opened Nangalisan section of Tuba, Benguet passing through Tubao in La Union Province.

“We have utilized almost all available personnel including our reaction force to help in managing traffic. We have even called on the Pugo and Tuba Municipal Police to help in diverting traffic at Marcos Highway by passing through the Nangalisan section in Tuba going up to Baguio City to ease the volume passing through Marcos Highway,” Panabang added.