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| Laoag councilors, led by ex-officio member and transportation committee chair Mikee Fariñas holds a public hearing on the proposed fare increase. |
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—Tricycle drivers in this city is asking
for a PHP4 basic fare hike, which will hike rates here to PHP15 from the
current PHP11 basic fare.
Aside from the PHP4 fare
increase, they are also asking to increase the rate after the first kilometer
to PHP2 per kilometer. The current rate is pegged at PHP1 per kilometer after
the first kilometer.
Ex-0fficio council member
Mary Michelle Louise “Mikee” V. Fariñas, the council’s transportation committee
chairperson, however said the council will still study the matter.
She also warned tricycle
drivers and operators to refrain from charging PHP15 as basic fare. She
stressed that the ordinance that raised tricycle fares to PHP11 remains
unamended.
Ms. Fariñas added that
ordinance that will amend the old fare ordinance is still on its first reading.
The committee held public
hearing on March 7, 2018, where tricycle drivers and operators, as well as
calesa drivers attended. Organizers also claimed that representatives from the
riding public also attended.
She also disclosed that their
main concern is the PHP2 increase for the succeeding distance after the first
kilometer.
“Ta ngamin adu dagiti traysikelan nga agsingir iti nangin-ngina ngem iti
naiyetnag iti linteg aglalon medyo adayo bassit iti papanan ket saan da met a
suruten tay ordinansan a mangnayon iti P2 kada kilometron no di ket arkilan iti pamayan da ket agsingir dan tay
kaykayat da,” a riding public representative said.
“Ket dagita kuma iti adalen a nasayaat dagiti agtuturay ta saan laeng a
dagiti traysikelan iti masursurot no ket dakami kuma met nga agluglugan ta uray
asideg lang iti papanan mi ket agbayad kam met iti hushusto. Agpanayon da pay
wennu agpadoble da iti plete no maymaysa ka nga aglugan,” the commuters
added.
To remedy this, Ms. Fariñas
asked for time to study all recommendations.
“Ket ita mai-define to
dagidiay point-to-point distances appo
tapnu ammu metla tao no manu iti bayadan da kas kuman aggapu da ditoy city
hall no mapan da idiay public market,
addan to defined number of kilometers
plus rate to didiay a distance, appo,” Ms. Fariñas said.
The city government last
increased fare rates in 2011 through city ordinance No. 2011-077, which raised
basic fare rates from PHP8 to PHP11.
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