Councilors from the Municipality of Sibulan and the City of Dumaguete are hoping to strike a win-win solution to the issue of whether tricycles could ply the National Highway connecting Dumaguete and Sibulan.
In a joint session last Wednesday at the Dumaguete Session Hall, the two legislative bodies created a Technical Working Group to study the matter.
Several Councilors had voiced concern over the “potential loss of livelihood” for the tricycle drivers because of a prohibition for them to ply along the highway.
While the law provides that the tricycles may pass by the national highway only when there is no alternate route, the Councilors said the Diversion Road that passes by barangays Magatas in Sibulan, and Camanjac and Pulangtubig in Dumaguete is too circuitous.
On the other hand, the Jeepney Operators & Drivers Association Inc. (JODAI), a group of jeepney and multicab operators and drivers plying the Dumaguete-Sibulan route, is pushing for the implementation of the national law banning tricycles from the highways.
Both the jeepney drivers and the tricycle drivers are blaming each other for their loss of income.
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