Proposed TMP under review

CITY Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy referred to the City Council committee on planning, innovation and development, chaired by Councilor Ian Mark Q. Nacaya, for appropriate action the corrected copy of the proposed Transportation Master Plan (TMP) of Cagayan de Oro City.

This, after City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno resubmitted and endorsed the same after comments, findings and interactions have been made by the committee during its previous meetings.

The enactment of an ordinance adopting the whole framework of the TMP and authorizing the City Mayor’s Office to implement programs, projects and activities with budgetary consideration was also requested.

The TMP is envisioned to significantly change the city’s role as a transport and logistics hub to the center of Metropolitan CDO as it recognizes the need to improve the traffic situation in the short term and cope with the increasing traffic volume in the long term.

TMP’s transport vision was anchored on three main policies such as decentralization, efficient transportation system, and sustainable modes of transport, The Gavel learned.