Useless signs

Here we are now in 2008, but nothing much has really changed.

Let’s take  the case of the now infamous Eskina Tungkil in the town of Minglanilla, which to date is a major concern of many readers.

One reader said, “naa nay signs pero wala may mo-implement.” 

Another pointed out, “sige man nay magpark sa No Stopping area, asa ang police?”

These questions need not be raised here since those who pass the area can see what is happening there.  We wonder what the police and town officials are going to do about this.

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Bisdak Kunuhay sent us this email in relation to our New Year wishes.  Here it is:

Dear Nimrod,

Happy New Year to you Sir. Yes, reading your list for the year seems like a stiff order to accomplish. I do hope however that a lot of the list that you made materializes...At least...

I have perhaps only two wishes that I really hope could be done. The 1st of this is really a tall order also but it will greatly help in decongesting the Capitol to Lahug route which has been a very convenient shortcut for so many years now. Yes, I am talking about the Capitol-Opra Road which connects to Lahug. The wish I’ve longed for is “repaving of the road” not the usual patching which just washes away everytime it rains. As far as repaving is concerned, I have observed through the years that it’s only the Salinas Drive - Waterfront Lahug Hotel that’s always blessed with that benefit. I guess we need a 5 star hotel to be able to get nice roads.

The second wish I have is considered simple. Before the Christmas break started, the traffic light by the JY Square Mall was re-activated. That’s fine but I believe that it really needs to be properly observed and calibrated. Since I normally pass this route, I’ve clocked its time intervals from stop to go. It’s calibrated for “15 seconds for the go-signal.” I believe that the Lahug motorists are not quarter mile drag racers so this will never work plus the traffic discipline of the public and private cars in the area combined with the motorcycles for hire, it’s very difficult to be able to let 3 cars move everytime the go signal lights up. If you will recall, I took this matter up in your paper when they 1st activated the traffic lights a couple of months back and deactivated after over a month because it was causing more of a heavier traffic problem. Their reactivating the system has brought matters at a worst state.

The downside is when the stop signal lights up especially on a peak hour. It takes too long for the go signal to light up again wherein so many cars coming in from the Lahug; Mabolo; or Banilad area end up lining-up as far as the Shell Station at the corner fronting the Mormons Church. The long line of vehicles also blocks off any vehicle entering or exiting the road that turns to Camp Lapu-Lapu. This does not include also vehicles that come in and out from the rear exit area of the JY Square Mall which is right across this junction.

The worst part is that until now, no one responsible for the monitoring of these traffic lights have made any adjustments or improvisions to this effect. This may not be so much of a big wish but I do hope our traffic authorities attend to this especially when classes resume to full operations by next week.

This is actually a question now of  “was installing and activating a traffic light system in this area a good move or a bad one???” Is it better to deactivate the system or not? There has to be an answer to this and soon.

Anyway Sir, it might also be a tall order but I too wish something could be done about these valid wishes.

More power to your column...

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