MMDA To Suspend Barangay Officials Tolerating Illegal Parking
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) warned
anew barangay officials who tolerate illegally parked vehicles and other
obstructions along roads within their jurisdictions that they will be suspended
from office.
MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim reiterated this in a press
conference Tuesday, July 25 as he welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s
directive to the agency and local government units (LGUs) to clear roads of
illegally parked vehicles and other traffic obstructions to ensure the free
flow of traffic in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA).
“We are grateful for the President’s directive for us to
clear the roads of illegally parked vehicles and vendors as this will help us
significantly in our duty to ease the traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
With
this mandate, we aim to get the cooperation of the barangays and LGUs in
fulfilling this initiative,” Lim said.
The MMDA chief said the agency is set to forge an agreement
with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) that will further
reinforce its road clearing operations.
“Once this agreement is set into place, the DILG may impose
sanctions against barangay officials who are tolerating traffic obstructions
within their localities. Uncooperative barangay officials may now be
suspended,” Lim explained.
“Barangay officials should take responsibility that the
roads should be cleared,” he added.
The MMDA Anti-Illegal Parking and Sidewalk Clearing
Operations Group had been relentless in getting rid of vehicles obstructing
Metro Manila streets especially the Mabuhay Lanes and the other alternative
routes used by motorists avoiding EDSA.
It has already towed more than 3,000 vehicles since January
this year.
Likewise, MMDA has filed administrative cases against seven
barangay chairmen in Metro Manila for failing to clear roads of local
obstructions after these had been initially cleared by its personnel.
In a memorandum dated April 12, 2017, DILG-NCR said that
President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed its office and the MMDA to sue
barangay officials who neglect or refuse to cooperate with concerned agencies
in clearing roads of all types of obstructions.
Source: Philippine News Agency
MMDA To Suspend Barangay Officials Tolerating Illegal Parking
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