CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —The city government will build a four-storey parking building at Divisoria, the city’s oldest commercial center, to relieve vehicle congestion in the downtown area.
City engineer Rolando Pacuribot said the project would be funded both by the local and national governments through the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Senate President Aquilino Martin “Koko” Pimentel III has also committed to help seek additional funding, Pacuribot added, as the city government could not afford to finance the project on its own.
Pacuribot said the city would need to shell out P60 million for the four-deck structure, based on initial studies. He expected the project to start within the year if the city could obtain the additional funding.
Meanwhile, Cagayan de Oro traffic czar Nonito Oclarit said the city would continue to implement traffic decongestion measures, one of which was enforcing discipline among motorists.
For instance, Oclarit said the Divisoria area would become a no-park zone and that vehicle owners would need to walk if they wanted to shop within the six-block commercial center.
“Without parking in the narrow street sides of Tirso Neri and Abejuela, we can expect a smoother flow of vehicles in that area,” Oclarit said.
He said the JR Borja portion at Cogon market was also being opened as a two-way street.
In the next few months, he said the agency would turn its attention at the area surrounding westbound public market in Bulua, where traffic flow would imminently increase in the light of the opening of a mall there.
