Mayor Marvin Malacon called for a second meeting with road safety stakeholders Friday, June 9, to draft an ordinance declaring the national highway of E. B. Magalona as a Traffic Discipline Zone.
Among the proposed measures in the ordinance are: assigning Land Transportation Office deputized officers to apprehend traffic violators, increasing traffic violation fees, putting up of rumble strips in strategic areas and those leading to highway bends and school zones, deploying traffic law enforcers in densely populated areas like schools to conduct traffic direction and control, and conducting a massive information and education campaign for motorists and in schools.
The town’s 12-kilometer highway stretches from its borders with Silay City and Victorias City, a press release from EB Maglona said Saturday, June 10.
The proposal to declare the highway as a Traffic Discipline Zone stemmed from fatal vehicular accidents in the area, the most recent of which claimed the lives of a Grade 10 student in December 15, and a 43-year-old father on May 13.
The declaration of the highway as a Traffic Discipline Zone will allow the imposition of stricter traffic rules and added security measures to avoid further tragic road accidents, Malacon stressed.*