ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) – The Zamboanga City Government continues to sustain progress and development in the city through strictly implementing ordinances especially in addressing the road traffic.
The Task Force Road Clearing Operations is one of the priority of the City Administrators office to avoid illegal parking that causes traffic jam and obstruction to commuters and pedestrians.
Christian Olasiman from the office of the City Administrators emphasized that this ordinance is important to sustain efforts toward safety of the residents with “consistent enforcement of ordinances as one of the priorities to sustain the programs,” he added. Further, the task force are also encouraging the barangay officials to conduct their own road clearing operations.
Infrastructure projects are also being prioritized by the city government, including the road projects, road widening, and fixing drainage system.
“We hope that this can be expedited and be completed immediately so that we can address the traffic as early as possible,” Olasiman said.
Part of addressing the traffic problems is also to make sure that there is enough parking space especially in the central business district of the city. There is a priority of putting a parking building in Sta. Cruz Market and Public market that will provide more parking access for the residents.
The City Administrators Office is also currently proposing an expansion and addition traffic enforcers to monitor flow of traffic considering the large land area of the city. Traffic management also entails traffic engineering and planning to look at the quality of the roads and rerouting scheme to improve the traffic.
“It is no longer the sole domain and the responsibility of the government to improve the city. All of us as citizens can also contribute much in our own little ways in many ways,” Olasiman said. (RVC/EDT/MLE/PIA9-Zamboanga City)
