‘Guards are not traffic enforcers’
When a car pulls out of a parking lot, sometimes the building’s security guard helps guide it out by stopping passing cars.
Not a good idea, said Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) chairman Sylvan Jakosalem.
He said security guards shouldn’t act as traffic enforcers in these situations since this would cause traffic congestion in the main roads.
He sent letters to establishment owners telling them this was a a violation by security guards who go out of their way to assist their clients’ cars out of the car park.
“They must be deputized by Citom to do that. They must bear in mind that the cars in the main thoroughfares must be given priority,” he said.
Jakosalem said he was also worried about the rise of establishments in congested areas.
He said parking plans of these buildings must be followed and reminded business owners that Citom may put railings in lots that are not intended for parking.
“The previous administration already did it before. Railings were installed in establishments that failed to comply with their parking plans,” Jakosalem said.
He said vehicles in some establishments were doing diagonal parking instead of parallel parking.
Last week Jakosalem withdrew his plan to ask the Citom board and Mayor Michael Rama to include Citom in the approval of locational clearance of establishments. He agreed with Councilor Ritchie Osmeña that it would just add a layer of bureaucracy. /Edison Delos Angeles
