City execs plan Bokawkan multi-level parking building

By Gaby B. Keith

BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong ratified city council resolution 527, series of 2022, urging the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources-Cordillera Administrative Region to allow construction of a multi-level parking building with a view deck on their property located next to the Blessed Association of Retired Persons Foundation Inc. building along Buhagan Road (formerly Bokawkan Road), here.
    The approved measure is based on a similar proposal of Senior Citizen Official For A Day (Scofad) Councilor Benigno Andam adapted during the Scofad Council Session last  Oct. 17.
    "The lack of parking spaces contributes to the traffic congestion problems in the City of Baguio," it said.
    The resolution said the mentioned property owned by the DENR-CAR could serve as the site of a multi-level parking building and a view deck.
    It said the requested construction "would help in easing traffic congestion in the area and will serve as a view deck for tourists and residents to appreciate the view of the Summer Capital."
    The measure cited a provision of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, which states, "Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare."