The City Transport and Traffic Management Office and the Ancillary Services Unit, in partnership with barangay authorities, conduct a round-the-clock monitoring of the Bankerohan Public Market after the implementation starting June 1 of the sidewalk ratio under the new traffic scheme.
Under the 1/3, 2/3 sidewalk ratio, sidewalk vendors are given a third of the sidewalk as a display area for their goods while the remaining 2/3 is allocated for pedestrians.
“Gihimo gyud ni diri ang pag-detail namo 24/7 sa Bankerohan para mabantayan gyud ang mga vendors (We are placed here to monitor the vendors 24/7),” said Reymar Bayato, a Traffic Enforcer assigned on Datu Bago St. Bankerohan.
As of Monday, vendors are no longer occupying a huge portion of Bankerohan streets as the 1/3, 2/3 policy was observed.
Bayato said on the third day of the new traffic scheme they have cleared about 95 percent of Bankerohan areas. He said there were still violators but only a few.
He reminded vendors to follow the scheme and also advised motorists in the area to read the traffic signs.
“Pahinumdom lang sa vendors tuloy tuloy naman ang atong progress diri nga ingon ani ni siya hangtod sa hangtod. Unta maminaw na sila unya dili na sila mag extend og lamisa kay kung buhaton nila ma demolish man gihapon sila. Tinud-anay naman gyud ning balaod diri limpyohon na gyud nato ning Bankerohan, then sa mga motorista musulod sila sa kalsada mag tan-aw gyud sila og traffic sign kay always naman ta naa diri so mandakop gyud mi pirmaninte (We want to remind the vendors of the progress being made here [Bankerohan]. They should take heed, and not extend their tables and stalls, because if they do that they will be demolished. The rules implemented here will stay, we intend to make sure that Bankerohan will be cleared, and for motorists, we advise them to follow the traffic signs because we are always here to make apprehensions ),” Bayato said, adding that they issue tickets in the area for violations on parking, reckless driving, counterflowing, disregarding traffic sign, and loading and unloading.
Ma. Corazon Rubinos, a senior citizen who frequently buys goods at the Bankerohan Public Market said that she was satisfied with the development in Bankerohan.
“Mao na’y eksakto nga balaod para dili ta madagma, ang mga senior ba magpasopaso dira wala nay kaagian nga tarong mabuang kag likay-likay (This is laudable so we could walk unhindered on the streets, most of the seniors who pass by the area do not have enough space to walk on, and having a hard time avoiding the obstacles),” Rubinos said.
Maridelma Boco, a vendor who transferred from Posadas St. to the new area on the second floor of the fish section, said in an interview with the City Information Office on Monday that they will adjust to the new area because it is a designated place provided for them.
“Wala paman nuon mi kasugod pero tan-awon lang try lang namo, kami tanan dinhi nga mga vendors sa Posadas nagtuman lang gyud mi sa balaod, wala man mi mahimo kay gobyerno man nagbutang sa amoa, gobyerno man ang nagbutang sa amoa dinhi, pasalamat pud mi (We haven’t started displaying our goods yet but we will try to here, all of us vendors from Posadas St. We will follow the rules and we cannot do anything because it is the government’s rule, and it is also the government that placed us here and we are grateful),” Boco said.
She said she was hopeful that the new display area for them would soon attract many customers. CIO
