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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Friday, April 7, 2017
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ILOILO City – Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog has asked the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s committee on infrastructure to study the effectiveness of the flyover on the corner of Jalandoni and General Luna streets, City Proper in easing traffic congestion.
In his personal observation, the P386-million flyover has become useless.
“I wrote the City Council…Is it possible to transfer the flyover to other areas that need it most?” said Mabilog.
The mayor said the flyover may be moved to the circumferential road in Barangay Buhang, Jaro district “agud makasabat sa problema sang trapiko sa lugar.”
Mabilog said the area does not have traffic lights, too, that regulate the flow of vehicles.
The flyover there could also curb vehicular accidents, he added.
The Jalandoni flyover was opened to traffic on July 9, 2010. It was built under the French-assisted Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development Project of the then Arroyo administration.
The flyover was 315 lineal meters long, including its approaches.
Early this week, the city council approved the demolition of the “useless” overpass on Bonifacio Drive.
Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. sought the demolition. The provincial government is redeveloping its property near the overpass.
The overpass was built in the early 1990s. It was meant for the safety of people crossing the busy Bonifacio Drive.
People, however, found climbing the overpass impractical just to get to the other side of the street.
The overpass is situated in front of the Department of Tourism – Region 6 building. As early as 2013, Tourism regional director Helen Catalbas expressed no objection to the overpass’ removal. Nobody was using it anyway, she said, and it also obstructed the building’s view.
Worse, unscrupulous people used the overpass as toilet, added Catalbas./PN
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