BAGUIO CITY—The city’s Traffic and Transportation Management Committee (TTMC) approved the creation of an anti-obstruction task force that will clear all national and local roads.
The committee was bombarded with complaints of obstructions along national and local roads that contribute to the worsening traffic congestions around the city.
“We have patiently appealed in vain to our motorists to make sure they have available parking spaces for their motor vehicles, so they will have to deal with the members of the task force who will go around the city regularly,” Mayor Mauricio Domogan said.
The anti-obstruction task force will be composed of personnel from the Baguio City Police Office, the Baguio District Engineering Office, the City Engineering Office, the Department of Transportation and Communications and the Land Transportation Office who will be empowered to remove the license plates of illegally parked vehicles that obstruct the smooth flow of traffic along national and local roads.
The city mayor revealed the members of the task force will visit the different barangays to warn local residents before they start removing the license plates of illegally parked vehicles. He said the members of the task force will always be joined by a responsible law enforcer so that motor vehicles found to cause obstructions on roads will be immediately stripped of its license plate and issued the appropriate citation ticket.
Earlier, Domogan called on barangay officials to identify available spaces in their areas of jurisdiction which could be used as communal parking areas, but no one heeded his call.
