Mayor to DOTr: Stop colorums in Baguio
>> Thursday, September 6, 2018
By
Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor
Mauricio G. Domogan urged the newly installed officer-in-charge of the
Cordillera office of the Dept. of Transportation and Railways to stop or curb
proliferation of colorum motor vehicles here.
The local
chief executive said he is waiting for a courtesy call of the new DOTr-CAR
official so he can personally bring to his attention the alarming proliferation
of colorum motor vehicles that contribute to congestion of the city’s traffic,
aside from other corruption issues that have continuously trained the image of
the agency through the years.
“We hope that
the new leadership of the DOTr-CAR will start working on how to effectively and
efficiently curb the continuing proliferation of colorum motor vehicles that
continue to ply major roads in our city. We want this matter to be given utmost
attention by the concerned officials because there had been reports that
colorum vehicles continue to operate amidst the government’s unrelenting and
uncompromising anti-colorum campaign,” Domogan stressed.
He said the
new DOTr-CAR official should show his concern in addressing the pressing issues
confronting the local transport sector, particularly the proliferation of
colorum motor vehicles, so that the trust and confidence of the people on the
ability of the government to address the said problems will be restored.
According to
him, it is unfortunate that there are a number of colorum motor vehicles that
have even established parking areas in the city’s central business district
area and that their illegal operations are allegedly being tolerated by
officials and employees of concerned government agencies who are in cahoots
with erring law enforcers.
Earlier, DOTr-CAR officer-in-charge Robert
Allan Santiago vowed to intensify the government’s campaign against corruption
in the agency through the implementation of needed reforms that will improve
the image of the agency from the perception of the public.
Domogan said
the new DOTr-Car regional head must work for the greater interest of the people
in the region and spell the difference between his leadership and his
predecessors who were bombarded with numerous issues and concerns that resulted
to their being dismissed from the service due to various offenses.
He added that
another issue that must be given immediate attention by the new DOTr-CAR official
is the rampant circumvention of the moratorium on the issuance of certificates
of convenience to applicants which is in gross violation of the moratorium
issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to
prevent the increase in the number of motor vehicles plying the roads of the
city that result to monstrous traffic congestions.
He expressed
confidence that the new DOTr-CAR official will be able to change the image of
the agency to a better one.
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