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Ni ROMEO ALLAN BUTUYAN II
WALANG plano ang Kamara palampasin ang pagkakataong busisiin ang kapalpakan ng mga tollway operators na di umano’y nagdulot ng labis na pagdurusa ng mga motorista nito lamang nakalipas na Semana Santa, ayon kay House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications at ACT-CIS partylist Rep. Erwin Tulfo.
Sa atas ni Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, nakatakdang isalang sa isang congressional inquiry ang mga toll expressway operator bunsod ng kabi-kabilang reklamo hinggil sa palpak na RFID system, partikular sa North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
Ayon kay Tulfo, saklaw ng Kamara ang karapatan at kapangyarihan busisiin at rebisahin ang mga concession agreements na iginawad sa tollway facility operators kung hindi mareresolba ang naturang problema.
“Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez received reports and complaints on malfunctioning RFID systems in NLEX which caused long lines at toll plazas and heavy traffic congestion last Holy Wednesday. In fact, this has been a long-standing complaint not only during holidays or high-demand events but is actually recurring on an everyday basis as suffered and endured by our citizens. Thus, I was instructed by Speaker Romualdez to look into the operations and maintenance of RFIDs of tollway operators and why the system lags and fails resulting in heavy traffic,” litanya ni Tulfo.
“It is disheartening that during a time when our citizens seek ease and convenience in their journeys, they are instead met with long hours of delays and inconvenience due to the very automated systems designed to provide seamless toll collection. This also undermines the riding public who pay a premium to avoid traffic in other major thoroughfares but are met with heavy traffic in NLEX, SLEX and Skyway anyway,” dugtong ng ranking House official.
Bunsod nito, sinabi ni Tulfo na binigyan siya ng direktiba ni Speaker Romualdez na imbitahan ang mga official at executive ng tollways concessionaires, partikular ang NLEX Corporation at San Miguel Corporation Infrastructure at iba pa para magpaliwanag sa paulit-ulit na RFID system malfunction.
Ayon sa ACT-CIS partylist congressman, aalamin din ng Kamara kung mayroong ipinatutupad na mekanismo ang tollway operators para agad na makatugon sa tuwing pumapalya ang gamit na sistema, at kung ano ang dapat na maging kolektibong hakbang para mapabuti ang operasyon ng expressways.
“For this purpose, the officials of the Toll Regulatory Board and DPWH are also invited to give us a comprehensive background and solutions to this problem,” dagdag ni Tulfo.
“Speaker Romualdez and the House of Representatives are committed to upholding the highest standards of infrastructure provision and service delivery. We urge the cooperation of stakeholders involved to work towards swift resolutions and the continuous improvement of our tollway operations for the benefit of all,” mariing pahayag pa ng mambabatas.
