Clearing ops for coastal road opening to proceed as planned

CAGAYAN DE ORO - The Cagayan de Oro City Government has started the profiling of residents from Barangay Gusa to Agora, Barangay Lapasan who will be affected by the opening of the Coastal Road Project on November 15.

Lawyer Edgardo Uy, chief of the Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA), said the clearing operations will proceed as planned and will not be hampered by any resistance from affected residents.

But Uy said the city will provide relocation sites to the affected residents.

He said the Office of the Building Official (OBO) has already started giving out notices to all the owners of the affected structures, permanent or temporary, along the AgoraValenzuela junction.

Records from OBO show that about 40 structures will be affected in the clearing operations of the RTA and police.

"Nagstorya karon ang City Housing and Urban Development Department (CHUDD), ug ang City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) kay ato silang gi-request, para ma-address kung kinsa kadtong mga residente na maapektohan, nga mahatagan ug relocation," Uy said. "Of course we expect resistance so this is why we are also trying to hear them, kay wala naman gyuy mabuhat ato gyud iclearing dihang dapita para wider ang maagian because we are expecting big trucks to pass by the area," he added.

Uy said the RTA is also crafting a traffic scheme to regulate parking for private vehicles and another scheme for the regulation of trisikad vehicles in the area.