Dagupan adopts number-coding ban for private vehicles
A watered-down version of Ordinance No. 2204-2020, a code regulating the operation of private vehicles in Dagupan City during the State of Public Health Emergency declared by the city government, was finally adopted by the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on May 15 during a special session.
Under the ordinance, private vehicles with license plate or conduction sticker ending in 1 and 2 will have coding on Monday, 3 and 4, Tuesday; 5 and 6, Wednesday; and 7 and 8, Thursday and 9 and 0, Friday effective from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Number-coding is lifted on Saturdays and Sundays.
The ordinance, authored by Councilor Cisco Jay Flores, originally proposed a three-day coding from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for all private vehicles entering major thoroughfares.
Mayor Brian Lim signed the ordinance into law on May 18.
The number-coding prohibits use of major thoroughfares in the city: A. B. Fernandez Avenue, Perez Boulevard, A.B. Fernandez West, A.B. Fernandez East, M.H. del Pilar Street, entire stretch of Arellano-Bani and Tapuac Road.
The ordinance imposes fines of P500 (first offense), P1,000 (second offense) and P2,000 (third and succeeding offenses).
Exempted from coding, are vehicles of residents of Dagupan who are working in the city; vehicles of residents of Dagupan who are on the way to work outside Dagupan; and non-residents of Dagupan who are working in Dagupan.
There are more exemptions that are provided in the ordinance passed by the SP, whereas only 11 in the proposed measure submitted by the mayor’s office.
The proposed ordinance submitted by the city executive seeks higher fines for violators: P1,000 for the first offense; P3,000 for the second offense; and P5,000 for the third and succeeding offenses.
The ordinance stipulates that fines collected under the ordinance will be deposited in a trust fund and which shall be used exclusively for projects and programs for improvement of traffic and road safety in the city. (Leonardo Micua)
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