Timely road repairs sought

SENATE Minority Leader Ralph Recto has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways to deploy “pothole patrols” to undertake minor road repairs round-the-clock in Metro Manila and other urban centers.

With the said move, he said small road cracks can be fixed before they become traffic-causing craters.

Recto said the already slow flow of vehicular traffic in Metro Manila is worsened during the rainy season, when potholes would pockmark roads especially after getting pounded by rain for days.

He said the DPWH has “the mandate, the money, and the men” to send out work crews “to search and repair” potholes on a 24-hour basis.