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Religious gathering stalls traffic in Cebu City
« on: July 27, 2013, 09:17:35 AM »
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By Princess Dawn H. Felicitas
Saturday, July 27, 2013


CEBU CITY -- Commuters heading home at the end of the workweek complained about the heavy traffic caused by an Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) activity Friday afternoon that gathered an estimated 350,000 people at the South Road Properties (SRP).

Hundreds of passengers from various parts of this city and Cebu province were stranded, while others took several rides to reach their destination.

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Re: Religious gathering stalls traffic in Cebu City
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2013, 09:18:34 AM »
The INC rented a total of 490 public utility vehicles for their evangelical mission at the SRP to celebrate their 99th anniversary.

Based on their records, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regional director Ahmed Cuizon said they issued special permits to 245 vehicles, 130 buses and 115 jeepneys to be used by the INC in transporting people, both members and non-members, from different places in the province and the city to the SRP.

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Re: Religious gathering stalls traffic in Cebu City
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2013, 09:19:11 AM »
That was over and above the private vehicles that were used by some of the participants to go to the SRP.

Due to the event, City Traffic Operations and Management (Citom) executive director Atty. Rafael Yap said heavy traffic was experienced Friday on C. Padilla St. Mambaling Access Road was closed from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. to pave the way for the INC activity.

Heavy traffic was also reported on the Cebu South Coastal Road tunnel going to Talisay City, as well as in the neighboring intersections, including the area near the Cebu City Hall.

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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2013, 09:24:48 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2013, 09:26:57 AM »
Slow

Yap, in an interview Frirday, said what contributed to the heavy traffic was the slow movement of vehicles going to the site of the activity.

“There were some problems with parking because of the heavy rains recently. Most of the drivers were looking for an area that was not muddy. So traffic was slow-moving.

But at least (it was) moving,” he said.

Yap said the vehicles going to site occupied three lanes of the SRP instead of two lanes.

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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2013, 09:28:03 AM »
Citom deployed a total of 50 traffic enforcers at the SRP to manage the traffic as well as 50 jaywalking and clamping personnel to augment their force.

The INC’s evangelical mission was held at the site where the national thanksgiving mass for the sainthood of Pedro Calungsod was also held. Their parking area is the site where the VIPs were placed during the thanksgiving mass.

In their evangelical mission, the INC extended medical assistance to their constituents in the province and city and gave them sacks of rice as well.

In the tunnel, some of the vehicles were stranded for two to three hours, said Councilor Dave Tumulak, as the INC began to distribute their sacks of rice on the main road of the SRP.

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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2013, 09:29:25 AM »
Tunnel

Tumulak, who went to the site to oversee the activity as ordered by Mayor Michael Rama, lamented lack of crowd control by the security and communications team of the INC.

“Wa gyud nila mapugngi ang mga tawo (They couldn’t control the people),” he said.

Some of those who used the tunnel fainted due to the lack of ventilation inside, he said.

“The tunnel is not designed for parking. It is designed for moving vehicles mao nang ing-ana ang nahitabo (that’s why this happened). It was very risky,” the councilor said.

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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2013, 09:30:09 AM »
Since INC no longer seemed able to control the crowd, Tumulak said, he declared the activity around 1:30 p.m. under the control of the City Government, particularly the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (LDRRMC).

He said this move had Mayor Michael Rama’s approval.

Early estimates placed the crowd at 200,000, but 350,000 was Cebu City Police Office Chief Mariano Natuel’s estimate.

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Re: Religious gathering stalls traffic in Cebu City
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2013, 10:28:31 AM »


As an estimated 350,000 people attend an Iglesia ni Cristo gathering in the South Road Properties, traffic builds up on the south-bound lane of the SRP viaduct. (Alex Badayos photo/Sun.Star Cebu)

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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2013, 10:29:30 AM »
Walked

When the LDRRMC took over, they no longer allowed vehicles going to the SRP to use the tunnel. It was only used for vehicles going out of the SRP.

This left people going to the site with no choice but to walk from the area near the Compaña Maritima to the SRP.

Aside from people who fainted, Tumulak said there were also people who were taken by emergency response units after incurring fractures.

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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2013, 10:30:20 AM »
“Daghan man gud sa ila nagtambay sa baywalk mao nang nanga-slide (Many of them stayed in the baywalk area and some of them slipped),” he said.

Those who responded to such incidents were the Basak Pardo Emergency Rescue Unit, Inawayan Rescue Unit and the Labangon Rescue Unit.

These three units, Tumulak said, responded to the emergencies since the INC medical team was not enough.

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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2013, 10:31:16 AM »
As of 8 p.m. Friday, Tumulak could not yet say how many emergency incidents they responded to because they were still monitoring the activity.

Despite the inconvenience caused by the activity Friday, Yap, in a separate interview, said he would still prefer for the event to be held at the SRP and not in the Fuente Osmeña rotunda, saying that the traffic would’ve been harder to manage.

He told the riding public to be patient, saying the INC activity and road closures are rare.

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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2013, 10:32:22 AM »
“We are only doing this for one day. The INC activity is also significant and this is for a good cause,” he said.

Last night, Tumulak said the City deployed some 10 Kaohsiung buses to help ferry the people from SRP to outside the area.

This, so the jeepneys and buses could go back to their routes the soonest time possible, to address also the people stranded in terminals and city streets. (Jasmine Ninia S. Puthiyaveetil, USJ-R Mass Comm Intern)

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