MAYOR BENG Climaco has begun meeting with tricycle operators and drivers in an effort to come up with a route plan after the Department of the Interior and Local Government imposed a ban on trikes from using national highways.
The ban, signed by DILG Secretary Eduardo Año, also included pedicabs -motorized or not - and effectively making it illegal to ply on highways anywhere in the country.
With this order, Climaco has created a task force to come up with the necessary route plan for tricycles and to prepare a program to assist drivers who will be affected by the ban once implemented by the local government.
She said the task force already met with the tricycle drivers and will have to agree on the timeline within which the city government will start implementing the DILG order.
“We ensure that there will be compliance, but with minimal displacement on the livelihood of our tricycle drivers. We have to follow the law,” Climaco said.
Under the DILG Memorandum 2020-036, tricycles are not allowed to even cross or make a U-turn on national highways, and that the “local governments must review and modify tricycle routes according to the ban and are encouraged to include in their plans the construction of local roads or overpasses where the tricycles can operate.”
The tricycle task force is composed of the mayor as chairperson, the chief of police as vice-chairman, and the Sanggunian’s committee chairman on transportation or public safety, the president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, the head of the Tricycle Regulatory Board, the head of the Department of Public Order and Safety, the planning and development officer, the head of the Traffic Management Office, and the local government operations officer as members.
The task force is also tasked to meet with stakeholders and rationalize all tricycle routes to enforce the ban, identify national roads within the jurisdiction of the local government, and determine the present and proposed routes in view of drafting a tricycle route plan within 30 days from the issuance of the DILG memorandum.
The plan should include a schematic map of the location of tricycle terminals, the national highways and the portions thereof to be used by tricycles if there is no alternative route.
It must also detail the installation of appropriate signage, marks for lanes and other safety features to guide all vehicles; create awareness among residents and motorists of new tricycle routes or portions of highways allowed to tricycles because of lack of alternative route; a color scheme or emblem for tricycles that ply a route traversing a national highway; and penalties for violators.
Aside from the tricycle ban, Año also ordered a second wave of road-clearing operations following last year’s successful campaign. He said the local governments are given 75 days to clear public roads of blockades or obstruction to ease the flow of traffic and movement of people.
“Tuloy ang Disiplina Muna campaign sa ating mga kalsada. I direct LGUs, especially the barangays, to clear local roads and sustain the gains of the road-clearing operations with the same urgency and enthusiasm as when the President himself directed us during the State of the National Address. Binibigyan ko kayo ng 75 calendar days para gawin ito. This will continue whether you like it or not, especially since it has produced favorable results for the people,” Año said.
“Now, we will not only validate the performance of the mayor, but also of the barangay captains. We recognize that the barangays have the No. 1 responsibility in keeping their roads obstruction-free so under Road Clearing 2.0 and we will also assess the performance of the barangays and file appropriate charges (if they fail) if necessary. Nagawa na natin ito noon, ngayon mga barangay naman. We will continue to keep an eye on the LGU and barangay compliance and will not hesitate to file a new batch of administrative cases sa mga pasaway na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin nakakasunod,” he added.
In July last year, Año - upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte - issued Memorandum Circular 2019-121 which gave mayors 60 days “to exercise their powers essential to reclaim public roads which are being used for private ends, and in the process rid them of illegal structures and constructions.”
Following Duterte’s directive, Climaco – together with barangay officials – led a massive operation called “Oplan Baklas” against road obstructions even though the local government had been implementing this long before the DILG order.
Zamboanga was also cited last year by the DILG for its vigorous road-clearing campaign, including the strict enforcement of the anti-littering, anti-garbage and anti-traffic laws and city ordinances. The DILG commended Climaco and the local government for its efforts in implementing Duterte’s order to clear public roads of all obstruction.
Paizal Abutazil, the DILG regional director for Western Mindanao, said Zamboanga City obtained 90 points – the highest points beyond the passing mark set by the national government, and praising the local government efforts and Climaco.
Abutazil led the validating team of the national government in Zamboanga and the following criteria were the basis of the rating: Ordinance, wherein the City scored 14 out of 15 points; Inventory- the City got a perfect score of 5; Road Clearing – the local government got 45 out of 50 points; Displacement Program earned for Zamboanga 8 out of 10 points; Rehabilitation Efforts gave the City Government 13 out of 15 points; and Grievance Mechanism with a perfect score of 5 for a total points of 90.
Climaco thanked the validating team and Zamboanga passed with flying colors, saying, the accolades should go to all the barangay officials, the citizens and those who contributed to the “united” efforts of the Zamboangueños.
She said the local government has effectively sustained the campaign and with the new DILG order, “we will double our efforts with the support of the Zamboangueños.”
The local government has convened the different barangay chairmen and discussed the mobilization of barangay tanods to conduct monitoring and patrol to ensure that public roads remain clear of illegal structures and maintain cleanliness of the surrounding. (Zamboanga Post)
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Mayor Beng Climaco
The ban, signed by DILG Secretary Eduardo Año, also included pedicabs -motorized or not - and effectively making it illegal to ply on highways anywhere in the country.
With this order, Climaco has created a task force to come up with the necessary route plan for tricycles and to prepare a program to assist drivers who will be affected by the ban once implemented by the local government.
She said the task force already met with the tricycle drivers and will have to agree on the timeline within which the city government will start implementing the DILG order.
“We ensure that there will be compliance, but with minimal displacement on the livelihood of our tricycle drivers. We have to follow the law,” Climaco said.
Under the DILG Memorandum 2020-036, tricycles are not allowed to even cross or make a U-turn on national highways, and that the “local governments must review and modify tricycle routes according to the ban and are encouraged to include in their plans the construction of local roads or overpasses where the tricycles can operate.”
The tricycle task force is composed of the mayor as chairperson, the chief of police as vice-chairman, and the Sanggunian’s committee chairman on transportation or public safety, the president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, the head of the Tricycle Regulatory Board, the head of the Department of Public Order and Safety, the planning and development officer, the head of the Traffic Management Office, and the local government operations officer as members.
The task force is also tasked to meet with stakeholders and rationalize all tricycle routes to enforce the ban, identify national roads within the jurisdiction of the local government, and determine the present and proposed routes in view of drafting a tricycle route plan within 30 days from the issuance of the DILG memorandum.
The plan should include a schematic map of the location of tricycle terminals, the national highways and the portions thereof to be used by tricycles if there is no alternative route.
It must also detail the installation of appropriate signage, marks for lanes and other safety features to guide all vehicles; create awareness among residents and motorists of new tricycle routes or portions of highways allowed to tricycles because of lack of alternative route; a color scheme or emblem for tricycles that ply a route traversing a national highway; and penalties for violators.
Aside from the tricycle ban, Año also ordered a second wave of road-clearing operations following last year’s successful campaign. He said the local governments are given 75 days to clear public roads of blockades or obstruction to ease the flow of traffic and movement of people.
“Tuloy ang Disiplina Muna campaign sa ating mga kalsada. I direct LGUs, especially the barangays, to clear local roads and sustain the gains of the road-clearing operations with the same urgency and enthusiasm as when the President himself directed us during the State of the National Address. Binibigyan ko kayo ng 75 calendar days para gawin ito. This will continue whether you like it or not, especially since it has produced favorable results for the people,” Año said.
“Now, we will not only validate the performance of the mayor, but also of the barangay captains. We recognize that the barangays have the No. 1 responsibility in keeping their roads obstruction-free so under Road Clearing 2.0 and we will also assess the performance of the barangays and file appropriate charges (if they fail) if necessary. Nagawa na natin ito noon, ngayon mga barangay naman. We will continue to keep an eye on the LGU and barangay compliance and will not hesitate to file a new batch of administrative cases sa mga pasaway na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin nakakasunod,” he added.
In July last year, Año - upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte - issued Memorandum Circular 2019-121 which gave mayors 60 days “to exercise their powers essential to reclaim public roads which are being used for private ends, and in the process rid them of illegal structures and constructions.”
Following Duterte’s directive, Climaco – together with barangay officials – led a massive operation called “Oplan Baklas” against road obstructions even though the local government had been implementing this long before the DILG order.
Zamboanga was also cited last year by the DILG for its vigorous road-clearing campaign, including the strict enforcement of the anti-littering, anti-garbage and anti-traffic laws and city ordinances. The DILG commended Climaco and the local government for its efforts in implementing Duterte’s order to clear public roads of all obstruction.
Paizal Abutazil, the DILG regional director for Western Mindanao, said Zamboanga City obtained 90 points – the highest points beyond the passing mark set by the national government, and praising the local government efforts and Climaco.
Abutazil led the validating team of the national government in Zamboanga and the following criteria were the basis of the rating: Ordinance, wherein the City scored 14 out of 15 points; Inventory- the City got a perfect score of 5; Road Clearing – the local government got 45 out of 50 points; Displacement Program earned for Zamboanga 8 out of 10 points; Rehabilitation Efforts gave the City Government 13 out of 15 points; and Grievance Mechanism with a perfect score of 5 for a total points of 90.
Climaco thanked the validating team and Zamboanga passed with flying colors, saying, the accolades should go to all the barangay officials, the citizens and those who contributed to the “united” efforts of the Zamboangueños.
She said the local government has effectively sustained the campaign and with the new DILG order, “we will double our efforts with the support of the Zamboangueños.”
The local government has convened the different barangay chairmen and discussed the mobilization of barangay tanods to conduct monitoring and patrol to ensure that public roads remain clear of illegal structures and maintain cleanliness of the surrounding. (Zamboanga Post)
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