City gov’t to add 250 tricycle numbers
ROXAS CITY – The city government will add 250 city numbers for tricycles in the wake of the dry run of the number coding system for tricycles plying the city routes.
Councilor Powell del Rosario, vice chairman of committee of transportation, communication and public utilities, said the city government will release more numbers to allow more tricycles on the streets.
Del Rosario, in a radio interview, said the dry run for number coding that started July 15 has drawn positive reactions from the operators and tricycle drivers during a recent consultative dialogue.
Drivers asked about the dry dun earlier said they are in favor of the system because they will be forced to have a rest day every week.
The dry run will last until September 15, 2010.
According to Section 3 of Executive Order No. 01, Series of 2010, the number coding shall disallow or prohibit tricycles from travel or using the city’s road, as defined by the City Planning and Development Office, from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m on a particular day based on the last digit of their respective city numbers as follows: 1-2, Monday; 3-4, Tuesday; 5-6, Wednesday; 7-8, Thursday and 9-0, Friday.
There are 3,500 tricycles in the city. With the number coding scheme, some 750 motor tricycles will not be seen in the city streets one day in a week.
Celino said the proposed transport schemed is intended to solve the traffic congestion in the city.
He said if the dry run will have an impressive and positive response from the constituents, it will be passed as an ordinance by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
