Baguio law mandates 16-hr work days for infra projects

BAGUIO CITY – Contractors and workers of government infrastructure projects would soon be mandated to hasten work so constituents won’t be aggravated like due to heavy traffic as a result of sloppy work.  

An ordinance is now being made by the city council mandating 16 hours of work in construction of civil works of roads and other public utilities such as drainage systems, sewerage lines, water lines, communication and power lines that traverses and passes a public road.

The proposed ordinance authored by Councilor Isabelo Cosalan Jr. is aimed at speeding up the slow implementation and completion of public infrastructure projects.

Under the measure, all project implementors and contractors of public facilities and utilities shall be required to implement a two-shift working schedules or a 16-man hour workday, six days a week, to facilitate and expedite the completion of projects, especially those at the central business district.

Cosalan said delays in public works are perceived by the people as a display of insensitivity, irresponsibility and inefficiency of delivery of public service by project implementers and contractors.