M’daue jeepneys still not allowed in Cebu City
MANDAUE City jeepneys are still barred from entering Cebu City streets until after the release of a Metro Cebu transport study which is being undertaken to determine if the city’s roads could still accommodate them, a Cebu City official said.
Rafael Yap, executive director of the Cebu Integrated Traffic Operations Management (Citom) said the planned traffic study will determine the growth areas within Metro Cebu and identify the appropriate mode of transportation.
“We are deferring action on their request pending the conduct of a metrowide traffic study. For now, it is status quo,” he said.
The Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB) is conducting the study.
Even if the Citom wants to undertake the study, Yap said they don’t have the budget to do it.
The 21-B Mandaue Night Drivers and Operators Association has requested Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella last month to allow them to enter General Maxilom Avenue, Osmeña Boulevard to Plaza Independencia from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Labella, then the acting mayor, forwarded the request to Citom for action.
1990 ordinance
Public utility jeepneys from Mandaue City were barred from using major Cebu City streets after City Ordinance 1837 came into force in 1990.
The ordinance spells out certain regulations which are aimed to decongest Cebu City’s streets.
Vehicles from Mandaue City are limited only to ply the vicinity of the Cebu Business Park terminal and infront of the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral./Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac
