House to solvg traffic Problems tion SecretaryArthur P. Tugade said map should be legislated to ensure OLLOWING a meeting with mobility nationwide. 1-l The plan, accordingto incoming during a meeting with lawmakers that it will be carried out bY suc- |{ the DePartment of Transpor- House MajoritY Leader Martin Ro- at an exclusive golf club last week. ceeding administrations. I t"tiott (DOTr), the incoming ,q Romualdez said AlbaY ReP JoeY He saidthe roadmaP will contain mualdez of Leyte, includes construc- leadershiP of the House of RePre- Salceda has committed to be an au- . all modes of transPPrtations and sentatives vowed to include in its tion of more internationalairports, thor of the proposed transport road set in place an integrated and more measures legislation for a as well as the rehabilitation of ex- Driority -30-vear map in the 18th Congress. coordinated aPProach in building road map that they believe isting airports. Romuald& said on Forhispart, Tugade saidthe road transport infrastructure, linkages Sunday this was what TrinsPorta- wili end traffic jams and imProve i in the entir€i country t
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sure that this road maP will be aP- provedbyCongreds. Withoutlegisla- tion, this road maP will remain just a prosram that miY be scraPPed b! futur'e administrations." the DOTr chief told lawmakers. According to the secretarY, various transport-related agencies and local governments have been trying to develoP their respective transport Plans or strategies toi address bottlenecks and imProve outcomes in the transPort sector. hveetlaliz,Delatruz