Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya Mayor Sandy Gayaton is asking the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to temporarily suspend any ongoing road repairs on a steep portion of the national highway in Barangay Balete.
Gayaton said the road works may have caused several road accidents including a trailer truck which turned upside down and led to a traffic standstill of almost 4 hours.
Gayaton made the request to the public works agency during a Consultative Traffic Mitigation Meeting held in Diadi and attended by Governor Jose Gambito, Vizcaya Police Provincial Office OIC PCol Jectopher D. Haloc, the several government agencies.
“Let us not hamper the supply chain and vacationers because this is the only time they have to be with their loved ones,” the mayor said.
He further encouraged truckers on deliveries to travel along the Balete–Ariwong segment during the daytime to prevent accidents.
Meanwhile, the PNP said they would deploy 120 police personnel to man the heavily congested traffic and to give citation tickets to violators of RA 4136 ( Land Transportation and Traffic Code) ranging from P1,000 to P2,000 especially counterflowing motorists.