Twenty intersections in Dumaguete City will be installed with traffic lights system as part of the local government’s bid to improve traffic flow and promote public safety.
These include at corner North National Highway and L. Rovira Road, corner North national Highway and EJ Blanco Road, corner North National Highway and V. Aldecoa Drive, corner Real and San Jose streets, corner Jose Pro Teves and Dr. V Locsin streets, corner Real and Gov. M. Perdices, corner Dumaguete South Road and SL Teves Street, corner Hibbard Avenue and V. Aldecoa Sr. Drive/Looc Bypass, coroner Jose Romero Road and Bagacay-Batinguel Road, corner Gov. M. Perdices Street and Umbac Subdivision;
Corner West L. Rovira Road and Gov. Larena Drive, corner Real Street and Silliman Avenue, corner Gov. M. Perdices Street and Silliman Avenue, corner Larena Drive and Dumaguete-Palinpinon Road, corner Dumaguete-Palinpinon Road and to Spillway Road, corner Diversion Road and Bonifacio Catarata Road, corner Diversion Road and Dumaguete Palinpinon Road, corner Diversion Road and Dumaguete Balugo Road., corner Diversion Road and Jose Romero Road, and corner Diversion Road and Banilad Bajumpandan, Cantil-e Road.
Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo said that implementing the Smart Traffic Light Management System Project aims to improve the efficiency of traffic flow and promote public safety in 20 pre-identified areas.
It will be funded by the local government, the city said Oct. 18, adding that civil works also continue for the first traffic lights system at the junction of E-Rovira to Leopoldo Rovira East Drive in Barangay Bantayan.
This project involves the installation of four traffic signal controllers and signal heads, pedestrian light, traffic control panel, and vehicle detection cameras that can detect both stationary and moving vehicles, the city earlier said.
It is funded by the Department of Transportation through the LTO Traffic Management Mentorship Program Component B Traffic Signalization and Installation of Systems.
The city, meanwhile, said the budget for the locally-funded traffic lights has been submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod July 9.
Remollo had said the city’s traffic lights system aims to adopt a demand-based traffic operation to improve efficiency, utilizing a smart traffic signal controller that can analyze real-time traffic data from the signal inputs of strategically-installed traffic camera sensors.
He said this is in line with efforts to make the city livable, as Dumaguete is fast becoming as a thriving hub for economic activities and as gateway to Negros Oriental. ||
