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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) insisted that they had been removing and/or relocating electric posts affected by road widening projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Those that remain are where telecommunication (telco) wires are also attached, according to General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod, through a resolution, asked Mayor Evelio Leonardia to speak with Ceneco, DPWH’s Bacolod City District Engineering Office, City Engineer’s Office, and City Legal Office about the removal and/or relocation of electric posts.
After the dialogue, Ceneco must be given 30 days to accomplish the task — lest they face penalties and charges in court — according to Councilor Caesar Distrito, author of the resolution.
Distrito also threatened charges against the agencies and telcos concerned if they fail to help accomplish the task.
Lagarde said Ceneco already wrote the telcos saying the power distribution utility may be forced to remove the electric posts and leave telco cables on the roads if the companies refused to take them first.
He also said the cooperative already explained to the city government that their planned action may cause another problem.
Telco cables left on the roads pose hazards to the public, Lagarde said.
Ceneco asked the city government to compel the telcos to comply with the resolution.
The cooperative does not have the authority to do that, Lagarde explained./PN
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