The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) formally presented to the Dumaguete City Council its position paper/proposal on the proposed truck ban, which the city government is hoping to implement in this city.
This comes as a proposed truck ban in December 2017 was called off after the business sector asked to postpone it.
Edward Du, regional governor for Central Visayas of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and NOCCI past president, disclosed that the position paper/proposal of about 11 to 12 pages was submitted during the regular session of the city council Wednesday morning.
However, the document has yet to be calendared for deliberation by members of the city council at another date during one of their regular sessions, said Du.
Earlier, officials of NOCCI, headed by Francisco Martinez, and accompanied by Du, presented the same to Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo as the chamber had promised earlier it would help the city come up with a scheme on the truck ban that would be a “win-win” for all concerned parties.
The city government had announced late last year that it would implement a truck ban starting December 1 on a daily basis, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., except on Sundays and holidays.
That proposal was supposed to be an “experiment” to decongest traffic in the city, however, the business sector bucked the idea, saying that it was not the big trucks that was causing traffic congestion in Dumaguete.
The NOCCI said a study is needed on the number of large trucks plying the city streets, certain times of the day when these would be passing through certain routes, and the ingress and egress of trucks to and from the city port when ships from other port of destinations arrive or depart, among others, Du said.
Du further disclosed that based on the initial study, the number of trucks that pass through the city streets each day would reach 60 at the maximum.
Also, the peak hours have been determined, such as from 10 a.m. to 12 noon of a little thereafter, and the heavy traffic usually occurs only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with many trucks on the street, he added. (Judy Flores Partlow/PNA)
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