PUJ ban in Iloilo streets suspended temporarily
ILOILO CITY , Philippines — Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog on Tuesday approved the comprehensive Perimeter Boundary Ordinance (PBO), which bans all out-of-town public utility jeepneys (PUJs) from entering the city streets, but had decided to suspend its implementation while waiting the completion of all road development projects within the metropolis.
Mabilog said he and Councilor Plaridel Nava, transportation committee chairman who authored the ordinance, have agreed to set aside the implementation after a consultation meeting.
"I will hold the implementation until such time our traffic lights, drainage system, radial, circumferential and other alternative roads will be fixed already. I want to see all these reforms," said the mayor.
Nava, for his part, said he was frustrated of Mabilog's order to put on hold the law's implementation, but he respected the mayor's decision on the PBO, which was meant to decongest traffic problems in the city.
Once enforced, the amended ordinance will ban all PUJs from entering the city except those from the towns of Oton, Pavia, Leganes and San Miguel.
Under the comprehensive PBO, these PUJs from these towns can enter the city without any car pass but have designated slots where they could load and unload their passengers before going back to their original routes. (FREEMAN)
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