ILOILO City – Converting the city’s roads into national roads was a bad idea, according to Councilor Lyndon Acap.
Among others, said Acap, tricycles and trisikads are prohibited from taking national roads.
“Daku gid nga disaster sa palangabuhian sang aton mga tricycle and trisikad drivers,” he said.
Since 2010, over 20 city roads have been converted to national roads via bills that Cong. Jerry Treñas filed and approved by Congress.
In seeking the conversions, Treñas wanted to ensure the roads’ maintenance. He noted that the city government did not have enough funds.
National roads are responsibilities of the national government. The Department of Public Works and Highways has an annual budget for their upkeep.
Acap said he would propose a resolution at the Sangguniang Panlungsod requesting Treñas to sponsor a bill for the reclassification of national roads here into city roads once again.
In the City Proper, the following are the national roads:
* Mabini Street
* Iznart Street to Rizal Street
* Fuentes Street
* Valeria Street
* General Luna Street to Jalandoni Street
* Quezon Street
* Sto. Rosario-Duran Street
* Delgado Street
In Jaro district, the following are national roads:
* Arguelles Street
* Democracia Street
* Cuartero Street
* Rizal Street
* Barangay Cubay road to Barangay Balabago road
* road from Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro to the boundary with Pavia, Iloilo
In La Paz district, the national roads are the Loboc road to La Granja road and Jereos Street.
The Barangay San Rafael road to Barangay Tabucan road in Mandurriao district is also a national road.
In Molo district, Timawa Avenue and Molo Boulevard are national roads.
Also converted to national roads are the long stretch from Yulo Drive in Arevalo district to Barangay So-oc in Mandurriao (Gloryville to So-oc); Bonifacio Drive in Arevalo; and the whole stretch from Carpenter’s Bridge (Molo) to Diversion Road (Mandurriao), and the road from Jalandoni Bridge to Forbes Bridge known as the Efrain B. Treñas Boulevard./PN
