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Cebu City's planning and development officer has requested the City Council to pass a resolution seeking the city's policy direction for a public mass transport system that is a Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) system.
Planning and Development officer Nigel Paul Villarete said the resolution will strengthen Cebu City's request to the national government for the establishment of the BRT.
It is also a crucial support to the ongoing discussions with the three foreign funding institutions.
He also encouraged the cities of Mandaue, Talisay and Lapu-Lapu to also pass their own resolutions supporting the project because the BRT should have a wide coverage to
be effective.
“We earnestly seek the support of the three other cities: Mandaue, Talisay, and Lapu-Lapu because the worst that would happen is that the BRT would only be within our (Cebu City) boundaries. So we sincerely hope that we could have an agreement with them,” Villarete said.
The resolution could send a message to the Department of Transportation and Communication that the city wants the BRT system and the not the Light Rail Transity
(LRT) system.
“Through this we will make our point clear to the national government that the city is seriously taking the BRT,” he said.
Villarete is discussing with the foreign funding agencies such as Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and the World Bank for technical and financial assistance for the implementation of the project.
He said the resolultion would also give funding agencies a clearer picture of what the city really wants.
Villarete submitted his proposal for appropriate action to Councilors Gerardo Carillo, chairman of the committee on urban planning; Sylvan Jakosalem, chairman for energy, transportation, communication, and other utilities, Nestor Archival, chairman for the environment, and Raul Alcoseba, chairman for traffic management.
