LTFRB okays Bontoc transport route plan

By Christy Mae F. Che-es

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory-Cordillera Administrative Region (LTFRB-CAR) awarded the Compliance Certificate to the Bontoc local government on approved local public transport route plan of the municipality on April 21.
    Engineer Lalaine Sobremonte, officer in charge regional director of LTFRB-CAR, awarded the certificate to Vice Mayor Eusebio Kabluyen who represented mayor Franklin Odsey at Bontoc Municipal Capitol.
    The awarding was witnessed by elective and appointive officials of Bontoc and LTFRB-CAR personnel.
Project development officer Pablito Ing-inga of the Municipal Planning and Development Office said the first draft of the LPTRP was submitted to the LTFRB-CAR on June 15, 2019.
    After a series of transactions thru emails and written documents, the MPDO submitted the second draft on Sept. 20, 2021, but a slight revision of the LPTRP was recommended by the LTFRB-CAR.
    The third and final draft was turned over on Jan. 18, 2022.
    Engineer II Miguel Camil of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) -LTFRB-CAR congratulated the Bontoc LGU since the Bontoc LGU received their CC after only three drafts compared to the usual five to six drafts their agency experienced from other LGUs.
     Planning Officer engineer Mervin Kay Abenoja of  LTFRB-CAR said the municipality now has eight existing routes namely; Poblacion-Guina-ang and Vice Versa, Poblacion-Maligcong and V.V., Poblacion-Mainit and V.V., Poblacion-Dalican and V.V., Poblacion-Bayyo and V.V., Poblacion-Caneo and V.V., Poblacion-Talubin and V.V., Poblacion-Talubin and V.V., and one new and developmental route from Poblacion-Balili and V.V. Abenoja lauded the Bontoc LGU for being one of the first LGUs to submit the LPTRP.
    PUVMP focal person engineer Elmer Mendoza, Jr. advised the LGU to check the plans for further development.
    In a separate interview, mayor Odsey who attended an equally important event expressed his gratitude to the LTFRB-CAR for the awarding of the said certificate on LTPRP.
     “The 12 barangays in our municipality are situated at least six kilometers away from Poblacion, Bontoc thus, a concrete and rational transport plan is needed to provide a more efficient service to our constituents,” the mayor said.
    Sangguniang Bayan member John Pelew joined Odsey in extending his gratitude to the LTFRB-CAR and the Bontoc LGU workforce for finalization of the LPTRP.
 “Our receipt of this Certificate of Compliance is not the end since planning should be continuous and be strictly implemented,” he said.
    Sangguniang Bayan member Viola Okko thanked the LTFRB-CAR and congratulated the members of the LPTRP for their prompt compliance.
     Meanwhile, the Bontoc LGU through the Sangguniang Bayan turned over ordinance 357, S. 2022 entitled “An ordinance adopting the local public transport route plan for the municipality of Bontoc, Mountain Province for the year 2022” to the LTFRB-CAR.
    The ordinance was submitted as a requirement after the awarding of the certificate.