DOTr, LTFRB urged: Deploy new modes of transport that can maximize use of BRT project

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two councilors in Cebu City have urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to study the possibility of deploying new modes of transportation that could utilize…

Skywalks near Fuente Osmeña Circle and CNU sought to be demolished

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will pass a resolution for the demolition of the skywalks located along Osmeña Blvd., specifically near the Fuente Osmeña Circle and Cebu Normal University (CNU). This was after the…

As BRT construction disrupts PUJ operation, DOTr assures drivers, operators of compensation

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) team of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has assured affected operators, drivers, transport cooperatives, and corporations of social safeguards and mitigations for any income loss incurred with the…

Gotiong: Avoid loading, unloading of passengers near BRT’s construction site

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Expect delays when travelling along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City, now that construction works have commenced for phase 1 of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Paul Gotiong, head of the public mass…

PUJs to be given priority along Osmeña Blvd as BRT construction starts

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) said they minimized rerouting and prioritized public utility jeepneys (PUJ) in their traffic plan for Osmeña Boulevard now that Package 1 of the Cebu…

Cebu Bus Rapid Transit may require at least 9 hectares of land

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project could require a total of 9.3 hectares of land to be completed. According to the final report on the resettlement plan for the CBRT published by the…

DOTr chief: World Bank, AFD amenable for extension of loans for BRT project 

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista said that the World Bank and the French government, through the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), two of the world’s largest financial institutions behind the Cebu…

Things to know about the Cebu BRT — the first in the country

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The public witnessed on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, the ceremonial groundbreaking of the anticipated Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – package one. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., led the groundbreaking and he was…

President Marcos promises affordable monthly payments to beneficiaries of housing program

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Affordable monthly payment to own a house. This was what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said following the recently concluded groundbreaking of a housing project under his Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program…

Cebu BRT Project-Phase One breaks ground

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After several delays, the long-awaited Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) finally broke ground on Monday morning, Feb. 27, 2023, after more than a decade since it was first envisioned. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos…

Rama on BRT groundbreaking: ‘I wish Tommy Osmeña will be there’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Days before the scheduled ceremonial groundbreaking of the much-delayed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit Project (BRT), Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama reiterated his “wish” for former Mayor Tomas Osmeña to attend the event. “[BRT]…

Capitol wants ‘just compensation’ from DOTr over Cebu BRT

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government wants ‘just compensation’ from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the latter is set to start civil works for the much-delayed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).  Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia…

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