Opposing groups in flyover issue to be at RDC meeting

TWO groups on opposite sides of the flyover issue will attend the Regional Development Council (RDC) full committee meeting in Tagbilaran, Bohol today.

The Movement for Liveable Cebu (MLC), staunch anti-flyover advocates, led by its convenor Joel Lee promised to attend today’s RDC meeting.

Lee said 15 of their members would be there.

Lee said even if they weren’t invited by the RDC, they were there to make their presence felt and express their support on the findings and recommendations of the technical working group which prescribed for the suspension of all flyovers in Metro Cebu.

Lee said they are hoping for the RDC to keep the best interest of the people in discussing the fate of Cebu’s flyovers.

“What is right and true should be followed,” he said.

Rep. Tomas Osmeña, (Cebu City south district),  a supporter of flyovers in Cebu City, is expected to attend the RDC meeting as an observer.

Former representative Raul del Mar will represent Rep. Cutie Del Mar (Cebu City north district) in the RDC meeting.

Lee said he was also hoping for the best with Mayor Micheal Rama’s meeting with President Benigno Aquino III.

Rama, Rep. Cutie Del Mar, and Public Works Secretary Secretary Rogelio Singson   is scheduled to meet President Aquino this afternoon to discuss the flyover issue.

Rep. Del Mar said during the meeting she would give her side on why flyovers were needed in Cebu City. /Reporter CAndeze R. Mongaya