CEO tasked to reinforce bike lanes

City officials recently tasked the City Engineering Office (CEO) to consider reinforcing and retrofitting the continuation of multi-million bike lanes earlier constructed along major roads in different parts of the city.

Under Resolution No. 696, series of 2023, city legislators stated the need to effectively and efficiently contribute to the equitable distribution of bike lanes from regular roads to cater to the needs and safety of cyclists that use these lanes for their biking activities either for recreation or in going to and from their respective residences in the different city barangays.

During the Scout Official for a Day (SOFAD) session held on October 23, 2023, the SOFAD Council adopted the proposal of SOFAD Councilor Sophia Alessia Marii L. Valencia that tasked the CEO to consider reinforcing and retrofitting the continuation of the construction of bike lanes along the major roads in different parts of the city.

The council claimed that using bicycles as one of the alternative modes of transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic encouraged an increasing number of people to use the same along roadways inside and outside the city even post-pandemic as part of the efforts to empower residents to use alternative modes of transportation for mobility purposes.

However, the body raised the observation that there are alleged discontinued construction of bike lanes which may cause cyclists to use unmarked areas of various roads or the main roadways alongside motorists.

Further, the council pointed out that there are also some roads in the different parts of the city that were not actually designed to have bike lanes which makes it challenging to construct, retrofit and integrate the bike lanes to these roads, thus the need for the appropriate office to do the necessary interventions to be able to realize the put up of bike lanes along said roads.

Copies of the approved resolution will be transmitted to the CEO for information, guidance, ready reference and further needed action. – Dexter A. See