The Cebu City Council has called on the transportation agency to expedite the completion of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project due to the traffic congestion caused by its delay. The request was made through a resolution filed by Councilor Rey Gealon, chair of the Traffic Management and Coordination Committee (TMCC). The resolution was approved during the Council's session on Jan. 31, 2024.
The “traffic mess” caused by the delay in the construction of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) has prompted the Cebu City Council to call the attention of the transportation agency to expedite the completion of the mass transportation system project. The request was made through a resolution filed by Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon, who also chairs the Traffic Management and Coordination Committee (TMCC). The resolution was approved by the Council during their regular session on Wednesday, Jan.
31, 2024. A copy of the resolution was sent to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for its information and guidance. The move comes barely a month after other city councilors suggested reassessing the project’s viability with the view to possibly halting the CBRT project altogether, after saying that similar BRT systems in other Asian nations had failed to address traffic
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