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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
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ILOILO City – The city government plans transform a portion of the busy downtown street Valeria into an “inasal country” – a strip where barbeque vendors can sell popular grilled dishes such as chicken, pork and fish inasal, among others.
Aside from helping small food entrepreneurs, this project is a potential tourist attraction, said Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.
The prospect area is about 130 meters of Valeria Street from the corner of Rizal Street up to the corner of Ledesma Street.
Many barbeque vendors have been doing business in this area since the 1980s. They’re setting up from late afternoon until their products are all sold out late at night.
They have many patrons, Mablog said yesterday.
However, these small businesses are not well regulated and this raises health and sanitation issues, among others, said the mayor.
“The area has big economic and tourism potentials. It will surely catch the attention of tourists,” said Mabilog.
Other issues that must be addressed, he said, are waste disposal, public security, traffic congestion, and even aesthetics.
There could be traffic rerouting beginning at 5 p.m., said Mabilog.
“We will task some people to do a traffic count. Also, there must also be space that vehicles can use during emergencies,” said Mabilog.
The mayor said the city government may use its standby fund of half a million pesos to kick-start this project.
“This is one way of supporting our micro, small and medium food entrepreneurs,” said Mabilog.
He presented his proposal during a meeting with city hall department heads. This may be endorsed to the city council, too, next week.
City Administrator Hernando Galvez said this project will legalize the operation of the food vendors./PN
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