(Sangil)
ANGELES CITY – A city councilor wants a total truck ban along the Clark Circumferential Road covering barangays Cutcut and Sto. Domingo here as well as Calibutbut in Bacolor and Telabastagan in the City of San Fernando.
Councilor Jesus “Jay” Sangil said he has proposed an ordinance completely banning trucks, especially gravel and sand trucks, along the circumferential road.
“The trucks pose danger to residents and damage the roads,” Sangil said. “The trucks also contribute to the traffic congestion along the road.”
He noted that the government, through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and city spent millions if not more than a billion pesos in the repair and construction of the road from Cutcut to Sto. Domingo up to the boundary of San Fernando.
Sangil said what is being compromised is the health condition of residents, students, teachers, workers and other people living and doing business in the area.
He said the circumferential road is prone to accidents. He noted that billowing dusts is endangering students who are mostly preschoolers from Holy Family Academy, Noblesse International School., STI and Westfield as well as villages like the Heritage Village, Mansfield, Villa Dolores, Montenegro, Leoncia Subdivision, LnS Subdivision and Trinidad Village.
Sangil said an average of 1,500 trucks pass along the circumferential road on a daily basis.
However, he said “light trucks carrying perishable goods will be exempted if they apply for exemption.”
Sangil said his proposed ordinance was passed and approved for first reading in last Tuesday’s (August 20) regular session. It was referred to the committees on public works and engineering and laws.
