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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Re-routing for big trucks, vans to take place due to night market
By Kathy Villalon Cinco
IN ANTICIPATION of a possible traffic congestion along Muelle Loney upon the implementation of the night market on Friday, the City Government and the Traffic Management and Enforcement Unit (TMEU) has a re-routing plan in place.
The TMEU realized that the most affected motorists would be the container vans coming from Fort San Pedro towards the International Port in Lapuz.
According to SPO2 Bernardino Quinto of TMEU, their new route from Fort San Pedro will include going through these streets --- Rizal, Ledesma, Infante, Diversion Road, Jalandoni and Commission Civil before going to Lapuz.
Container vans coming from other districts towards the International Port will pass through the same route starting from Commission Civil.
Areas like General Luna, Bonifacio Drive and City Proper among others will continue to totally ban trucks and container vans.
However, areas that partially ban trucks will allow them to pass through except from the following times: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Also expected to be affected by the night market is the efficiency of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BOF), located in Aduana, which uses Muelle Loney as its main route in answering fire calls.
Melchor Tan, city administrator, said that the BOF, after coordinating with them, agreed to put a fire truck at the back of the Provincial Capitol so it could answer to emergencies.
Yesterday, Tan, the TMEU and the City Engineer's Office conducted an ocular inspection of the Promenade Area so they could anticipate any problem that may occur.
Meanwhile, some 80 vendors will hold their stalls during the night market, which will take place every 6 p.m. to 12 midnight.
Tan said that this number includes the 50 existing vendors in the City Proper who will also transfer to Muelle Loney.
Tan added that they have asked three soft drink companies to provide the kiosks.
Each kiosk is two meters wide and a vendor is allowed to have three slots, as provided by the night market ordinance.
He said that the Iloilo City Mobile Group and the Police Precinct 1 will provide security in the area.
(March 30, 2006 issue)
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