• CHERYL G. CRUZ
Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez will sign this afternoon, March 3, with executives of Highdata Infra Corp. the build-transfer-maintain agreement for the P2.1 billion super city project, following the approval of an enabling ordinance Feb. 26.
The project involves the establishment of a centralized command center in Barangay Taculing, the put up of intelligent street lamp poles with video surveillance analytics (VSA) in around 150 locations all over Bacolod, and the establishment of property and tax assessment system (PTAS), and geographical information system (GIS), all aimed towards making Bacolod a super city.
The ordinance, authored by Councilor Al Victor Espino, authorizes Benitez “to enter into and execute the Build-Transfer-Maintain Agreement with Highdata Infra Corp. as well as to execute all other contracts, agreements, instruments and documents necessary to implement the project…”
The project aims to establish a central hub for monitoring and responding to diverse conditions and incidents within the city; and enhance the delivery of frontline and backroom services and transactions of the local government unit, specifically by enabling the LGU to streamline transaction processing, property valuation maintenance, and archiving of real property tax records, the proposed contract states.
The centralized command center will be for monitoring urban traffic, offenses, disasters, public disturbances, flood control, and other incident detection in public places that are within the coverage of the video surveillance deployment in and around Bacolod.
The intelligent streetlamp poles with VSA will help promote and improve security and vehicular traffic flow by understanding traffic patterns across key road networks, major crossings, and thoroughfares, and to improve incident identification and emergency response.
The PTAS, meanwhile, will be designed for efficient transaction processing, property valuation maintenance, and archiving of real property tax records to improve the city’s tax collection functions, while the unified GIS will be used for spatial analysis to integrate and manage data and enhance data sharing among the LGU’s departments, the proposed agreement added. | CGC
