DOTr, LTFRB Open Missionary Routes for Tacloban City
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) recently approved a resolution that will open missionary routes for the residents of Tacloban City in Leyte to establish "an efficient, reliable, and safe mass transport service" in areas that were devastated by super typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013.
With "Yolanda" leaving thousands of casualties and destroying billions of pesos worth of properties in its wake, the residents of Tacloban struggled to rebuild their lives while the government struggled to accommodate them in relocations sites, the need for an efficient public transport system for within and outside the city was immediately apparent. Four years later and the DOTr and LTFRB have opened missionary routes "to ease the travel of those displaced by the devastation."
According to the LTFRB, around 15,000 families or 90,000 individuals are being relocated to Tacloban North, the single largest post-disaster resettlement area which is located 15 kilometers from the city proper. The agency also noted that there is presently no authorized public utility vehicle service route that would serve the area between Tacloban North and the Tacloban City Proper.
In an effort to assist the thousands of relocatees, the LTFRB has opened missionary routes in the area "in order to establish an efficient, reliable, and safe mass transport service for the needs of residents of Tacloban North resettlement site."
The following are the new missionary routes:
1) Route A--New Transport Terminal to Tagpuro and vice versa (14 kms), servicing the housing sites of Villa Sofia, Sangyaw Village, and New Hope Village
2) Route B—New Transport Terminal to New Kawayan and vice versa (12 kms), servicing Villa Diana, North Hill Arbours, Guadalupe Heights, Greendale Subdivision, and St. Francis Village.
3) Route C—New Transport Terminal to Cabalawan and vice versa (8 kms), servicing Ridgeview Subdivision, UNDP housing site, Lions Ville, and Knightsridge
The LTFRB noted that 15 franchises will be opened for each route, for a total of 45 franchises for the new missionary routes.
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