-
where are the new traffic aides?
Posted on April 14th, 2009 No commentsEvery Monday, a flag raising ceremony is always held by the mayor, sangguniang bayan and municipal employees of the local government of Lucban at the Rizal Park, fronting the municipyo (government building). Today, April 13, a new group of uniformed personnel joined the ceremony, lined up between the police force and the fire brigade.
Wearing yellow polo shirt and black pants with a white stripe on the sides, they are Lucban’s new traffic aides. Numbering 20 males, they passed the traffic and road safety training held last April which I wrote about whistling,disturbing me from my sleep during an early Saturday morning.
But after the ceremony, they should be on their designated posts but as I noticed, not a single one was manning the intersection adjacent to the munisipyo and the Rizal Park where traffic congestion is occuring most of the time.
And when the Tour of Luzon, where packs of speeding cyclists and tour vehicles passed by the town, confusion and near accident rules the busiest intersection in town. Unmindful of the incoming cyclists, vehicles do not know where to go and keep on crossing the street even the sound of siren gets nearer and nearer.
At this early, the traffic aides seems to be getting into nowhere and the funds thrown in to them are, literally, being thrown away. This is the second time, after the formation of traffic aides, that they are proving to be useless. There were already too much traffic congestion during the Holy Week last week as pilgrims to Kamay ni Hesus and returning Lucbanins jampacked the narrow streets of Lucban but not a single traffic personnel was controlling the situation.
What more can these men do when the Lucban San Isidro Pahiyas Festival gets nearer or even during the festival day itself? The festival falls on a Friday so expect heavy traffic of men and vehicles. Better yet, get to Lucban early before you get stucked somewhere down the road.
Leave a reply
 |
|
|