DPWH removes illegal, unsafe billboards in highways
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here has started dismantling illegally constructed and unsafe billboards along national highways in Western Visayas as part of its Baklas Billboard Program with the onset of the rainy season.
DPWH Reg. Dir. Rolando Asis said a directive from DPWH Secretary Victor Domingo was issued recently to all regional directors against the illegal giant commercial billboards, tarpaulins streamers, posters, small advertisements and election posters in highways that tend to clog the drainage canals as well as can post dangers to bystanders and commuters.
Asis said the program aims to prevent damages to property and loss of lives due to toppling of giant billboards.
Aside from national roads and bridges, DPWH Region 6 also included in their watch billboards within national parks in various municipalities that will include the national parks in Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Occidental and in Dingle, Iloilo.
Asis added all district engineering offices in Negros and Panay Islands including province of Guimaras were directed to widen their scope in monitoring the construction of illegal and unsafe billboards.
The regional director asked billboard owners to better take off their billboards before their teams rip off those materials.
