Written by Super User
Monday, 21 May 2012 15:48 [ tribune.net.ph ]
Quezon City Mayor Herbert “Bistek”
Bautista has approved an ordinance that will regulate the construction of any
traffic-calming structures like road humps that slow down the fast mobility of
trade and the day-to-day routine of residents.
The measure, authored by Councilor
Anthony Peter Crisologo, would be the answer to the motorists as well who feel
bored of travel delays not because of the long queue of vehicles but because of
too many elevated structures perpendicularly constructed on city streets.
Crisologo said Ordinance SP-2135, s-2012
seeks to regulate the construction of humps, speed bumps or any protuberance on
public roads within the territorial jurisdiction of the city.
According to Crisologo, the
traffic-calming device is a useful structure in reducing vehicle speed along thickly
populated areas, especially schools, churches and industrial sites where life
of the crossing pedestrians is at stake.
“But it also poses danger and
sometimes accident due to its physical design that is poorly constructed, lack
of pavement marking visible to road users, absence of corresponding warning
signage and the location to where it is placed,” the councilor said.
Record shows that road humps have
become the main causes of traffic obstruction in the metropolis that mushroomed
without any notice along major thoroughfares and city streets.
With the Crisologo ordinance, the
local government will not now allow anyone to construct any kind of hump or
protuberance without securing clearance from the City Engineering Office.
Bautista said it is aimed at ensuring
that the speed-limiting structure to be constructed is strategically placed and
will be able to withstand the weight that may test its physical design.
The measure mandates the local
engineering office to evaluate all existing humps or protuberance within the
city and make proper recommendations for the demolition of any speed-limiting
device that fails to meet the required standards.
A fine of P5,000 or an imprisonment of
not more than six months or both at the discretion of the court shall be
imposed on any person, firm or corporation who will violate the measure.
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