LGUs ordered to create task force on tricycle ban

SunStar File
SunStar File

INTERIOR and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered the local government units to each create a task force that will strictly enforce the ban on three-wheel vehicles on national highways.

Año said LGUs should draw up a route plan particulary for tricycles, pedicabs and motorized pedicabs which are not allowed to even cross or make a U-turn on national highways.

“Matagal na nating ipinagbabawal ang mga tricycles at pedicabs sa national highway ngunit ang daming pasaway. Hindi lang ito nakakasagabal sa daan kundi nagiging sanhi ng sakuna sa kalye. Kaya dapat nang maging mahigpit ang mga mayor at ang pulis at siguruhing maipapatupad ang ban na ito,” he said.

“Local governments must review and modify tricycle routes according to the ban and are encouraged to include in their plans the construction of local roads or overpasses where the tricycles can operate,” he added.

Año said that the DILG Memorandum Circular 2020-036 mandates that each city and municipality should create a tricycle task force separate from the tricycle regulatory boards to formulate or review its tricycle route plan.

He said the task force will be composed of the mayor as head, the chief of police as vice-chairman, and the Sanggunian’s committee chair on transportation or public safety, the president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, the head of the tricycle regulatory board, the head of the Department of Public Order and Safety, the planning and development officer, the head of the traffic management office and the local government operations officer as members.

Año said it is tasked to meet with stakeholders and rationalize all tricycle routes to enforce the ban, identify national roads within the jurisdiction of the LGU and determine the present and proposed routes for the drafting of a tricycle route plan (TRP) within 30 days from the issuance of the memorandum.

“The plan should include a schematic map of the location of tricycle terminals, the national highways of the LGU and the portions thereof to be used by tricycles if there is no alternative route,” he said.

“The plan must also detail the installation of appropriate signages, marks for lanes and other safety features to guide all vehicles; create awareness among residents and motorists of new tricycle routes or portions of highways allowed to tricycles because of lack of alternative route; a color scheme or emblem for tricycles that ply a route traversing a national highway; and penalties for violators,” he added.

The DILG secretary said non-compliance to the latest directive will warrant the issuance of a show-cause order, and failure to provide a sufficient response shall be a ground for the filing of appropriate administrative cases pursuant to Section 60 of the Local Government Code and other laws and policies.

“It is the responsibility of local chief executives to exact accountability and impose the corresponding sanctions against non-supportive or non-compliant local officials and employees,” he said.

He also said compliance with the tricycle ban order will form part of the validation and assessment of the compliance of local government units to the continued implementation of the presidential directive on road clearing. (SunStar Philippines)

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