Mega Cebu, Cebu Provincial Government Conducts Traffic Management Workshop
Mega Cebu (MCDCB), with its mission to curb current problems Metro Cebu has such as traffic management, conducted the Urban Talks on Traffic Management, a traffic management workshop partnership with the Cebu Provincial Government and the Linkages unit of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) on May 09, 2018 at the Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol.
The workshop, aimed to further develop the know-how of key people on traffic management in Cebu, was attended by key people in different LGUs in Cebu, such as Mayors, Barangay Captains, city planners and engineers. Representatives from the private sector and the academe were also present in the workshop.
All of the cities and municipalities in Metro Cebu was represented, except for Cebu City.
Worsening traffic hampers Cebu City’s development
The heavy traffic being experienced in Metro Cebu everyday specifically in Cebu City hampers the city’s development, according to Mega Cebu. Moreover, the city loses at least P132 million a day due to the worsening traffic conditions in Metro Cebu, according to a study made by Japan International Cooperating Body (JICA) six years ago.
Slow developing projects costing the city
Cebu City now faces more traffic problems through certain government projects that are supposed to curb the traffic problem once finished. The underpass project in Mambaling is now facing tough backlash and criticism for the heavy traffic it causes everyday which greatly affects students and the workforce in terms of travel time. A 30-minute travel time from Talisay City to Cebu City now takes more or less 2-3 hours every rush hour. The project, which is a couple hundred meters in distance, is slated to be finished in 2020.
