CEBU CITY – The Office of the Building Official (OBO) will soon decide the fate of the two skywalk structures along Osmeña Boulevard where the Department of Transportation plans to build a terminal for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
Architect Florante Catalan, head of this
city’s OBO, said they have yet to receive a document from the “legal owner” of
the two skywalks constructed years ago which served as walkways for
pedestrians.
Catalan explained that the DOTr,
particularly the Cebu BRT Project Management Office, recommended the demolition
of the two structures, referring to the skywalks, including the other one near
the Cebu Normal University.
He said his office has issued a suspension
against the demolition until a document is provided allowing it to tear down
the walkways.
The Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) constructed the two skywalks using congressional funds. The
structures were turned over to the Cebu City local government unit as the “end
users.”
“I need a document to be submitted to OBO
for the lifting of the suspension (of the demolition),” Catalan said.
It can be recalled that Mayor Michael Rama
did not object to a resolution of the Cebu City Council in May this year,
recommending the demolition of the two skywalks in support of the CBRT
management’s plan to demolish the structures.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera, in the
resolution she authored, recommended the tearing down of the two skywalks,
which she said, had impeded the construction of the BRT terminals. Engr. Norvin
Imbong, CBRT project manager, said the contractor would be the one to demolish
the two structures. (John Rey Saavedra)
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