Philippine news CKN 406 ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, MORE TRAFFIC JAMS

ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, MORE TRAFFIC JAMS

Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) Chief Francisco Ouano advised commuters on Sunday to brace for possible traffic gridlocks on the city's roads.
Ouano identified the Gov. Cuenco Avenue in Banilad to Talamban area in the northern part of the city, and the Barangay Mambaling part of N.Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City's southern gateway to the south, as major traffic choke points.
There are two big universities that lie in Gov. Cuenco Avenue in Banilad and Talamban, while most students from the southern part of Cebu traverse through N.Bacaiso Avenue in going to the heart of the city where most colleges and universities are located.
In the Banilad-Talamban areas, Ouano said that one contributor to the heavy traffic flow is the lack of functional traffic lights.
Another cause of traffic jams, he said, is the large volume of vehicles from Mandaue City and Consolacion, two of the most densely populated areas in northern Cebu, that converge ar the Banilad-Talamban area.
Ouano added that an ongoing road repair near a private school in Talamban is also contributing to the traffic situation.
"We already gave a warning to the contractor because of their delay. They should have started working in summer and end this August but (they replaced their) engineer," Ouano said.
According to Ouano, about 2,000 vehicles are expected to ply the road heading to the privatd school in the area.