Barrio Barretto is littered with illegal 'no parking' signs. MS Internet, EMU, Bubble Brothers, Retired Affairs Office, Green Avenue Pizza, Asya's store, RCT Rravel, MC Luillier, Ashley's, Bluberry Coast Salon, Fresh Options, Etc.. All have these obnoxious signboards. These illegal boards arrogantly sit on the pavement of the National Highway in front of an existing business. This is not part of the area belonging to the business but part of a public thoroughfare available to anyone regardless of their destination. People may own or rent the business the land is on but, they do not own the National Highway.
The local barangay should be removing all these hindrances to parking and traffic flow. No one group owns the street and should not be erecting barriers to its public use. In the picture RAO is actually closed on May Day and still claims the space. They also painted the public's pavement. This is complete nonsense and should be stopped.
If you look close you can see the police standing in the shade of the 7-11 and other places waiting to jackup a motorcycle driver. They should be the officals to stop the reserved parking, no money in that. The barangay officals have no authority to enforce parking regulations. The problem is the same in downtown Olongapo. This has been going on for so long that it has become the norm. Will it ever change. NOT IN OUR LIFETIME.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct that the Barangay officials do not have the authority to enforce parking regulations but they can tell the cops that they wish to have them enforced.
ReplyDeleteThe 7-11 is on the other side of the street
ReplyDeleteAnd the RAO is almost directly across the Highway. So unless the police are either blind or don't care the reserved sign at the RAO is in plain sight.
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