Mandaue OKs measure regulating terminals for PUJs, buses, others

CEBU, Philippines – Mandaue City can now regulate the establishment and operation of terminals for public utility jeepneys, multicabs, V-Hire vehicles, and buses after the city council approved a proposal setting the requirements for accreditation and regulation of the establishment and operation of such terminals.

Ordinance No. 11-2010-554 states the policy to adopt and sustain an efficient traffic management in view of providing an appreciable convenience to the commuters and the public availing of inter-city/municipality public utility vehicles.

City Mayor Jonas Cortes signed the ordinance approved during the incumbency of former vice mayor Carlo Pontico Fortuna.

The ordinance said a terminal must have a minimum area of two thousand square meters, 70 percent of which shall be allocated as "holding point," to include access road and backing court, 20 percent thereof as passengers point, to include security guard post and landscaping area.

No application for another terminal shall be approved within a radius of one kilometer from the existing duly approved terminal within the city.

The terminal operators are authorized to exact only the following fees for every user of the terminal:

Registration fee for PUJ/multicab -- P300 annually; registration fee for a V-hire vehicle P1,500 annually; registration fee for mini-PUBs -- P2,500 annually; Registration fee for PUBs -- P3,000 annually.

The terminal fee for PUJ, multicab, V-hire and PUBs is an amount equivalent to the one-way fare of one (1) passenger per trip on the route of V-hire, PUJ, multicab, or bus. (THE FREEMAN)