Butuan to prohibit overloaded trucks in the city

By Johny S. Natad

BUTUAN CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- The Butuan City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) recently passed a resolution requesting the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) to adopt an ordinance discouraging and forbidding overloaded vehicles of forest and agriculture products in major thoroughfares of the city.

The said resolution also aims to regulate transportation of agricultural and forest products within the city to ensure the safety of the general public.

Councilor Jaime M. Cembrano Jr., chairman of the Police and Public Order Committee, disclosed that there are cases where transport of products had caused major accidents.

He added that overloaded vehicles is a major factor in the early deterioration of national highways.

“The DPWH in partnership with DOTC through LTO and PNP implements the provision of RA 8794 with weighbridge stations and portable weighing machines at strategic locations along national roads to verify overloaded vehicles and impose the corresponding penalty for violators to regulate overloading,” DPWH Caraga assistant chief for Maintenance Division Nemelardo Bariquit.

The council approved the passage of said resolution to be furnished to the 13th Sangguniang Panglungsod for ratification or amendment of related existing city ordinance.(PIA-Caraga)