Rotarians keep overpass clean after signing MOA

By Ramon Dacawi

BAGUIO CITY -- From whatever angle you look at it, the whole span of the Abanao-Magsaysay-Harrison pedestrian overpass now promises to be spick-and-span as the Rotary Club of Baguio and allied groups vowed to maintain it as an environmental thrust on the club’s 75^th anniversary.

The Mother Club of all Rotary chapters in the city began cleaning up  the busy overpass evening of Sept. 29, on the heels of its forging a memorandum of agreement for the facility’s adoption through club president Elizabeth Rillera-Fernandez, mayor Mauricio Domogan and district engineer Ireneo Gallato of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

The initial spruce up virtually became a community effort with support from the Rotakids and Rotary Anns, members of the Interact Club of the Baguio City national High School, the Rotary Community Corp. , Rotaract and Interact clubs of barangay Lucnab, members of AZCKO, officers of the Baguio Fire Department, businessman Michael del Rosario and friends of Rotary.

Village chiefs Michael Karl Flores of Kabayanihan and Peter Wasing of Lower Quirino Hill, both members of RCB, also led their constituents in the clean-up.

Fernandez  said cleaning will be done quarterly, and to include painting of the mains structural features with the latest pollutant-absorbing paint.

The environmental project will be in effect until next June.