The roundabout project or “Rotonda” along SRP junction in F. Vestil Street. | Contributed Photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A roundabout project called “Rotonda” will soon be implemented along the South Road Property (SRP) junction of F. Vestil Street, in a bid to ease the increasing traffic in the area.
This comes after Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon, the reinstated head of the Traffic Management Committee (TMC), filed the resolution on January 4.
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Execute Rotonda
In the penned resolution, Gealon formally requested the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) to execute a roundabout project at the junction of F. Vestil Street and the South Road Property (SRP).
Additionally, Gealon sought a detailed timeline for the implementation of the aforementioned project.
A roundabout, also known as a “rotary or traffic circle” is a “type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.”
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Roundabout at SRP
Last August 18, 2021, DPWH-7 Director Edgar Tabacon presented a proposal for the construction of a roundabout at the SRP junction of F. Vestil Street, situated in Barangay Mambaling near SM Seaside City Cebu.
However, Gealon asserted, through his resolution, that despite the approval of the roundabout project by the City Council, the DPWH did not carry out the implementation of the said project.
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In response to this situation, the city councilor urged the DPWH to proceed with the implementation of the roundabout project, which had received approval from the City Council in 2021.
Gealon further requested that the DPWH to furnish a detailed timeline for the implementation within 15 days from the date of receipt of the official document.
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