By Gaby B.
Keith
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor
Mauricio Domogan has ratified the city council’s “Smarter Roads Ordinance” that
seeks to improve traffic flow in the Summer Capital.
Ordinance No. 73, series
of 2018, authored by councilors Mylen Yaranon and Benny Bomogao, included in
its provisions: No stopping within 10 meters before and after
intersections; use Baguio City Police Office-Traffic Management Unit as a
resource to direct traffic in some intersections; reduce the number of one-way
streets within the central business district area and implement modern roundabouts
at identified critical intersections where applicable.
Also included were implementation
of transit lanes, self-enforcing road markings and public transport stops
(loading and unloading zones), use of thermoplastic paint for all road markings,
location of new pedestrian crossings, changes to promote traffic calming in the
CBD and some highways and information sharing of new routing with Google Maps,
Waze, and others.
The ordinance directed
the city engineering office’s traffic and transportation management division to
lead implementation of its provisions.
“Improving our roads or
streets and introducing changes in policy will improve traffic flow and thereby
ease traffic congestion in the city,” the measure stated.
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