New routes for Aurora Hill, Trancoville jeeps permanent

By Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY – The city council has approved on final reading an ordinance setting new routes for Aurora Hill and Trancoville public utility jeepneys at the central business district.

Authored by Councilors Nicasio Aliping, Fred Bagbagen, Erdolfo Balajadia, Philian Louis Weygan and Joel Alangsab, the measure was prompted by the positive outcome of the traffic experiment conducted in August last year and extended that September proving that the new routes are beneficial to the traffic condition at the CBD.

The traffic management branch of the city police also recommended the permanent adoption of the new traffic route.

As approved in the measure, Aurora Hill and Trancoville PUJs will traverse the CBD with the following options:

*PUJs traverse Harrison Road passing through Melvin Jones Grandstand and take a right turn at the Abad Santos Drive in front of Women and Children Protection Center of the Baguio City Police Office then turn right to Burnham Park Lake Drive and finally turn right to Bayanihan Hotel and back to Magsaysay Road;

*PUJs traverse Harrison Road passing by the Melvin Jones Grandstad, then turn left to 66th Infantry Loop between the Veterans Memorial Park and Social Security System (SSS) office passing by the Petron Gas Station and up to Caldreon Street then turn left going down between United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) and the triangular island and further down to Claudio St. then turn right to Harrison Road;

*PUJs traverse Harrison Road up to corner of Abad Santos Drive (before the University of the Cordilleras) then take a right turn towards Burnam Park Lake Drive and turn right to Abad Santos Drive passing through the Women and Children Protection Center and turn left to Harrison Road; and

*PUJs traversing Upper Bonifacio St. will turn left to North Drive (in front of the Dept. of Interior and Local Government) and back to Bonifacio St. towards origin.

The proposed measure provides that the PUJs will also observe the odd-even scheme presently being implemented.

Violators will be subject to fines ranging from P1,000 to P3,000.