Truck ban not being enforced?

Under Iloilo City Regulation No. 2002-246, only trucks with the “Truck Ban Stickers” are allowed to enter the city’s downtown area. The ordinance aims to ease traffic congestion in the metro. Photo shows trucks on the circumferential road in Barangay Tacas, Jaro, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

ILOILO City – It’s not true that Regulation No. 2002-246 which prohibits the entry of trucks to the city is not being enforced, according to Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) chief Jeck Conlu.

The Traffic Management Division (TMD) which is under the PSTMO is apprehending trucks that defy the ordinance, said Conlu.

City Administrator Hernando Galvez recently said Regulation No. 2002-246, promulgated in 2002 yet, was never implemented, citing the presence of trucks on the city’s streets.

Under the ordinance, only trucks with the “Truck Ban Stickers” are allowed entry.

The ordinance was enacted to ease traffic congestion in the city.

“It doesn’t mean nga kon may nakita ka nga truck nga nakasulod sa syudad, failure na ang aton pag-implement sang ordinansa,” said Conlu.

He cited as example the presence of garbage on the streets.

“Kon may makita nga basura sa kilid dalan, failure na ang aton General Services Office? I totally disagree nga failure ang aton pag-implement sang aton ordinance,” said Conlu.

Citing TMD data, Conlu said 147 trucks have been apprehended from January to July this year.

The violators were fined P500 each, he added.

But Conlu did not discount the possibility that some traffic division personnel could be conniving with violators.

“Indi naton madakpan tanan nga truck ban violators. We are not a perfect government. May ara gid na violators nga makalusot possibly because wala natalupangdan or nag-connive sa aton personnel sa ground,” said Conlu.

He vowed to look into the allegation that some traffic division personnel were in cahoots with truck ban violators.

“Basta may ara ebidensya, may witness, we will never tolerate personnel doing illegal activities,” said Conlu./PN

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