Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has ordered the creation of the “Bacolod City Task Force on Spaghetti Wires” and the convening of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Council, his spokesman Lyzander Dilag announced Tuesday, July 5.
Benitez in Executive Order (EO) 004, Series of 2022, directed the reconvening of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Council to address the worsening traffic problem in Bacolod through an “efficient and effective comprehensive traffic plan and management for the city”.
EO 003, Series of 2022, creating the “Bacolod City Task Force on Spaghetti Wires” ordered the removal, clearing and reorganizing of all “spaghetti wires” located at the main thoroughfares, sidewalks, streets, roads, alleys and public places in Bacolod City.
“Spaghetti wires” refer to electrical and telecommunication wires that are abandoned, damaged and not being used that have become eyesores and serious threats to the safety and health of the public, Benitez said.
Hopefully there will be key results in the first 100 days of the Benitez administration, Dilag said.
The task force is also tasked to come up with a comprehensive action plan for the protection and security of cables and wires from thieves, Benitez said in EO 004.
The long term goal is to have underground wires, Dilag said.
Meanwhile, EO 001, Series of 2022 that created the Bacolod City Good Government Committee of 2022 ensures that it has no legal infirmities and is not unconstitutional, Dilag said.
There is not witch-hunt with the creation of the committee, he added.
EO 002, Series of 2022, sets the composition of the bids and awards committee, Dilag said.
Dilag said an action team will also address the slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Bacolod, which will be headed by the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office. *