The Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) on July 19 issued a policy regulating the types of vehicles that will be allowed passage through the Davao City Coastal Road.
CTTMO Head Dionisio Abude said there is a need to regulate passing vehicles in the newly opened highway as several studies are still being conducted to observe the structural integrity as well as the traffic volume capacity of the road.
Abude said that as a baseline, vehicles weighing over 4.5 tons (including those covered by the truck ban) are currently not allowed in the coastal road.
âSince bago pa pud ang coastal road atong ginaobserbahan ang iyang structural integrity. Ang mga bawal dinha kay kadtong mga bug-at kaayo na mga sakyanan (Since the coastal road is still new, we are observing its structural integrity. Heavy vehicles are prohibited there),â Abude said during the I-Speak media forum on Thursday.
Exceptions to the 4.5 ton minimum are government-owned trucks such as fire trucks and emergency vehicles, meat delivery trucks, armored vans, government-owned and private-owned garbage trucks, and tow trucks.
Mini dump trucks and mini vans that weigh less than 4.5 tons are also allowed passage.
Abude, however, reiterated that public utility vehicles (PUVs) such as buses, public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and tricycles are strictly not allowed, as licensed routes passing through the coastal road are yet to be issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
This policy is also aimed at maintaining a more balanced traffic flow between MacArthur Highway and the coastal road.
The CTTMO Chief added that traffic enforcers monitor the stretch of the coastal road round the clock to ensure full implementation of this policy. CIO
