THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) will deliberate today whether it will allow the use of Capitol lots along the Banilad-Talamban road as pocket lanes to ease vehicular traffic.
Expected to appear in the PB are Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) Executive Director Rafael Yap, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH7) Cebu City Engineering District Head Fernando Cruz and Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino.
The move stemmed from a resolution from the Citom Board for the utilization of 351 sq. meters of Capitol land along Gov. Cuenco Avenue to be used as pocket lanes. Cebu Gov. Hilario III had endorsed the resolution to the PB for approval.
Yap proposed to place the new pocket lane beside the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation’s (ERUF) headquarters which occupies 160 square meters.
The second one, he said, will be situated along the Ciudad development project and will entail the use of 191 square meters of province-owned land.
Pocket lanes are road setbacks where vehicles can detour and stop for loading and unloading of passengers.
Loading and unloading of passengers in these areas have been cited by Citom as one of the causes of traffic congestion.
Last month, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama enforced a traffic experiment along the Banilad-Talamban corridor on June 30 in hopes of addressing the traffic congestion in the area.
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