THE Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) enforcement team demolished at least 11 illegal structures at Circumferential Road, Barangay Bata, Bacolod City on Sunday morning, August 3, 2025.
Levy Pangue, head of the CLO Enforcement Unit, said the 11 structures were occupying the road and used the area for their business or an eatery.
He said the owners were also given three warnings to voluntary vacate the area within 10 days, but they failed to comply so the City demolished the structures.
He added that at least three illegal structures occupying the roads along North Terminal were also removed last week.
Pangue stressed that it is the campaign of the City to remove all the illegal structures occupying the streets and roads.
Pangue noted that Mayor Greg Gasataya earlier order Executive Order (EO) 15 for the clearing of obstructions on streets and roads in the city, and establishing measures for the effective implementation.
Gasataya, who signed the EO on July 11, 2025, said road obstructions such as illegal structures, street vending encroachments, unauthorized parked vehicles, and other public space violations pose hazards to safety, hinder mobility, and violate public order and the rights of pedestrians.
The mayor created the task force on road clearing, which he chaired, with his members City Legal Office Karol Joseph Chiu, City Engineers Office head Loben Rafael Ceballos, BTTMD head Reuben Sabig, Bacolod City Police Office director Colonel Joeresty Coronica, Department of the Interior and Local Government-Bacolod head Christian Nagaynay, a representative from Department of Public Works and Highways-Bacolod, and its focal person, Pangue.
Gasataya said illegal structures sitting on public roads, sidewalks, and shoulders -- including makeshift stalls, unauthorized vending posts, and any other encroachments -- are hereby declared as nuisance per se, in accordance with City Ordinance 09-17-8140. (MAP)