DENR told: Allow parking building along Bokawkan

By Gaby B. Keith

BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong signed city council resolution no. 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. (BARP) building along Buhagan Road (formerly Bokawkan Road), here.
    The approved measure was based on a similar proposal of “Senior citizen official for a day” 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,” the resolution said.
    The resolution said the property owned by the DENR-CAR could serve as site of a multi-level parking building and a view deck.
    It said 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.”