Post by geisha on Sept 25, 2009 13:38:12 GMT 8
25 September 2009
TO ALL CONCERNED:
A blessed day.
I would just like to express my various observations, clarifications and recommendations on the management of various aspects of our Barangay Ampid 1.
• DELOS SANTOS STREET
It has been noticeable for years now that Delos Santos Street easily gets worn out despite the constant repairs. It is not like Payatas Road where dump trucks and similar vehicles ply to and fro said street yet the stretch of said street from General Luna Road going up, especially until the barangay hall, is constantly plagued with cracks and holes. Are the materials used substandard? It is also highly noticeable that only half of the whole street width is rehabilitated at a given time. That is why the street is constantly repaired. Isn’t it much more cost effective if it is repaired all at once with quality materials that will last for quite a time? This was done for Reyes Street when the tricycle traffic rerouting scheme was implemented just recently. Why can’t it be done the same for Delos Santos Street? A case of priority or selectivity? But Delos Santos is a major interior thoroughfare. A case of lack of resources or “misappropriated” ones?
The set up of sidewalk grills from General Luna Road up to Daang Bakal is commendable but the gutter where they stand were not properly cemented. Is half-bake the kind of service that concerned authorities deliver to the public?
The drainage system especially at the intersection of said street and Daang Bakal easily gets flooded especially during heavy rains. Aren’t there any concrete solutions to this, a long-term one? Was there any stumbling block affecting the carrying out of such a solution?
The drainage hole covers along Delos Santos Street, mostly on the right side leading out to General Luna Road, have been in a devastated state for years now despite the constant repairs of the street. Most are already damaged – half of the cover is broken; both covers have sunk already; a couple of concrete covers were already gone; and were temporarily replaced with a wooden cover – and not properly lit. Shall we still wait for limbs and lives to be put at risk before we act accordingly on this? Are we really concerned about public safety here? Aren’t there any allotted funds for such? Cannot we seek assistance from rightful authorities should there be lack of funds and other resources?
• AMPID TRICYCLE OPERATORS & DRIVERS’ ASSOCIATION (ATODA)
It has been my proposal during my short-lived term as the president of our homeowners’ association way back in late 1990s that the Reyes Street be opened to reroute and decongest the tricycle traffic along Delos Santos Street. I am thankful that this has finally materialized recently this 2009. But the traffic scheme currently implemented still needs to be improved. Once passengers have gotten in from the terminal at the Mercury Drug Store, the outgoing tricycles counter the incoming tricycles about to unload passengers in front of the Santolan Arcade which causes terrible traffic. Worst of it all is that municipal employees with dark blue T-shirt uniforms printed with OPSS at its back do not do anything about it. Furthermore, last 9:00 pm of Thursday, 24 September 2009, most of the tricycle drivers lined up in the terminal do not want to take me in upon hearing my destination with no apparent valid reason. Worst of it all, these five (5) OPSS men were just chatting with a tricycle driver whom they called in from the line up. Aren’t they supposed to enforce traffic order there? Are they being paid by taxpayers’ money to just chat and do not render the work they are expected to do? Isn’t it more practical to let the outgoing tricycles exit through General Luna Road to enter Delos Santos Street?
I am a social-cultural advocate and a media practitioner. I used to be a public servant, not politically though. I have long been urged to run as barangay chairperson but public service can still be delivered effectively and efficiently even without political post. But as a concerned proactive citizen, I will not let these things pass unacted upon. Do we still need the media’s attention to let these concerns be acted upon? I hope not. But if need so, I can very well do it… and soon.
It is with high hopes that these matters shall be acted upon accordingly not simply because Elections 2010 is fast approaching.
Service beyond self,
Geisha
TO ALL CONCERNED:
A blessed day.
I would just like to express my various observations, clarifications and recommendations on the management of various aspects of our Barangay Ampid 1.
• DELOS SANTOS STREET
It has been noticeable for years now that Delos Santos Street easily gets worn out despite the constant repairs. It is not like Payatas Road where dump trucks and similar vehicles ply to and fro said street yet the stretch of said street from General Luna Road going up, especially until the barangay hall, is constantly plagued with cracks and holes. Are the materials used substandard? It is also highly noticeable that only half of the whole street width is rehabilitated at a given time. That is why the street is constantly repaired. Isn’t it much more cost effective if it is repaired all at once with quality materials that will last for quite a time? This was done for Reyes Street when the tricycle traffic rerouting scheme was implemented just recently. Why can’t it be done the same for Delos Santos Street? A case of priority or selectivity? But Delos Santos is a major interior thoroughfare. A case of lack of resources or “misappropriated” ones?
The set up of sidewalk grills from General Luna Road up to Daang Bakal is commendable but the gutter where they stand were not properly cemented. Is half-bake the kind of service that concerned authorities deliver to the public?
The drainage system especially at the intersection of said street and Daang Bakal easily gets flooded especially during heavy rains. Aren’t there any concrete solutions to this, a long-term one? Was there any stumbling block affecting the carrying out of such a solution?
The drainage hole covers along Delos Santos Street, mostly on the right side leading out to General Luna Road, have been in a devastated state for years now despite the constant repairs of the street. Most are already damaged – half of the cover is broken; both covers have sunk already; a couple of concrete covers were already gone; and were temporarily replaced with a wooden cover – and not properly lit. Shall we still wait for limbs and lives to be put at risk before we act accordingly on this? Are we really concerned about public safety here? Aren’t there any allotted funds for such? Cannot we seek assistance from rightful authorities should there be lack of funds and other resources?
• AMPID TRICYCLE OPERATORS & DRIVERS’ ASSOCIATION (ATODA)
It has been my proposal during my short-lived term as the president of our homeowners’ association way back in late 1990s that the Reyes Street be opened to reroute and decongest the tricycle traffic along Delos Santos Street. I am thankful that this has finally materialized recently this 2009. But the traffic scheme currently implemented still needs to be improved. Once passengers have gotten in from the terminal at the Mercury Drug Store, the outgoing tricycles counter the incoming tricycles about to unload passengers in front of the Santolan Arcade which causes terrible traffic. Worst of it all is that municipal employees with dark blue T-shirt uniforms printed with OPSS at its back do not do anything about it. Furthermore, last 9:00 pm of Thursday, 24 September 2009, most of the tricycle drivers lined up in the terminal do not want to take me in upon hearing my destination with no apparent valid reason. Worst of it all, these five (5) OPSS men were just chatting with a tricycle driver whom they called in from the line up. Aren’t they supposed to enforce traffic order there? Are they being paid by taxpayers’ money to just chat and do not render the work they are expected to do? Isn’t it more practical to let the outgoing tricycles exit through General Luna Road to enter Delos Santos Street?
I am a social-cultural advocate and a media practitioner. I used to be a public servant, not politically though. I have long been urged to run as barangay chairperson but public service can still be delivered effectively and efficiently even without political post. But as a concerned proactive citizen, I will not let these things pass unacted upon. Do we still need the media’s attention to let these concerns be acted upon? I hope not. But if need so, I can very well do it… and soon.
It is with high hopes that these matters shall be acted upon accordingly not simply because Elections 2010 is fast approaching.
Service beyond self,
Geisha