DPWH activates 'Lakbay-alalay' program for Nov. 1
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now gearing up for the expected influx of motorists going home to their respective provinces to commemorate All Saints Day this coming November 1, 2008.
DPWH Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. recently ordered all the DPWH Regional Directors to activate the department's "Lakbay-Alalay" Motorists Assistance Program that aims to ensure unobstructed flow of traffic as well as provide response to emergency road situations.
Under the "Lakbay-Alalay" program a composite team is created that includes an anchorman from the DPWH regional and district offices who will be dispatched along strategic locations along national highways to respond to emergency road situations.
The motorists' assistance program will start at 6:00 am on October 31, 2008 until 12:00 noon on November 3, 2008.
To strictly monitor the traffic situation during the holiday, Ebdane also instructed all the regional offices to submit the contact numbers of the team leaders of the composite teams and situational reports every six-hours to the Bureau of Maintenance Office of the department.
Likewise, in his memorandum, Ebdane ordered the field engineers to ensure that all road sections leading to all cemeteries, both public and private are well maintained and free from obstruction. They will also provide informative/warning signs or traffic advisories in all unpassable roads. (PIA)