Skip to content

Philippines Today

home of the Global Filipino

Menu
  • News Stories
  • Regional News
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • International
Menu

Local chief exec orders study for underground parking facility

Posted on October 17, 2013

BAGUIO CITY, (PNA) — City Mayor Mauricio Domogan has ordered a feasibility study of a wide underground parking facility at the vicinity of the Melvin Jones Grandstand at Burnham Park to further decongest existing parking spaces.

The order came as the city government suspends the collection of P20 an hour parking fee for those who park along the Lake Drive, Abad Santos Drive, and Orchard street at Burnham Park.

Domogan said the study would determine how the public-private partnership policy on development would be able to infuse investment in the pioneering project so that Baguio will not spend for its establishment while the city would be able to have a spacious parking facility.

For two weeks, more visitors aboard their respective tourist buses and other vehicles found the designated parking spaces as very convenient but many concerned individuals have started to protest the legality of the collection of parking fees.

At a time, more than 300 vehicles can be accommodated by the designated places at the city’s premier park and decongested traffic within the main roads like Harrison Road, Magsaysay Avenue, Session Road and Abanao Road where parallel parking is allowed at certain periods of the day.

Parking has become an essential facility for tourism after it was determined that aside from the estimated more 200,000 public utility vehicles, private vehicles and government transport, more than 500 vehicles of tourists have to be parked at hotels and parks each week.

It can be recalled that parking spaces here became a problem in the early 1990s which even prompted the city to allow a private corporation to utilize roadsides as fee parking.

Many visitors and residents however protested on the operations of the corporation which motivated then City Mayor Braulio Yaranon to move against its operation.

While it was true that Yaranon succeeded in ousting the corporation from its business utilizing properties of the public domain, the local chief executive also cost him his position for he was ousted for a charge of abuse of authority.

To date, the parking needs remain increasing mainly due to the roles of the city as international tourism destination as well as educational center north of Manila.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • More
  • Tumblr
  • Reddit

Related

News Categories

  • Announcement (34)
  • Business & Economy (1,567)
  • Comment and Opinion (74)
    • Random Thoughts (18)
  • Current Issues (425)
    • Charter Change (1)
    • Election (228)
    • Population (6)
  • International (389)
  • Life In Japan (66)
    • Everything Japan (41)
  • Literary (34)
  • Miscellaneous (610)
  • News Stories (5,312)
  • OFW Corner (297)
  • Others (75)
  • People (408)
  • Press Releases (163)
  • Regional News (3,362)
  • Science and Technology (502)
  • Sports & Entertainment (287)

Latest News

  • BSP keeps policy rates anew December 17, 2015
  • NEDA cuts PHL additional rice import for 2016 by 25% December 17, 2015
  • DA cites serious implications of banning genetically modified products December 17, 2015
  • BBL is not yet dead – Drilon December 17, 2015
  • Comelec recognizes Duterte’s CoC for president December 17, 2015
  • NEDA chief sees 2015 growth at 6% despite typhoons December 17, 2015
  • House of Representatives ratifies bicam report on P3.002-T national budget for 2016 December 17, 2015
  • Cebu-based developer invests PHP430M to build 709 townhouse units in north Cebu town December 17, 2015
  • City gov’t eyes P75-M income from economic enterprise December 17, 2015
  • Baguio City LGU presents traffic plan for holiday season December 17, 2015

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Science and Technology

  • DOST-ICTO targets 500,000 web-based workers from countryside by 2016
  • (Feature) STARBOOKS: A ‘makeover’ for librarians
  • Science, research reduce ‘cocolisap’ hotspot areas in PHL
  • Montejo to further improve PAGASA and empower scientists
  • 1st PPP in biomedical research produces knee replacement system fit for Asians

Press Releases

  • Microsoft to buy Nokia’s mobile devices business for 5.44-B euros
  • New World Bank climate change report should spur SEA and world leaders into action: Greenpeace
  • Save the Philippine Seas before it’s too late — Greenpeace
  • Palanca Awards’ last call for entries
  • Philippines joins the global call for Arctic protection

Comment and Opinion

  • Remembering the dead is a celebration of life
  • Killer earthquake unlikely to hit Panay Island in near future – analyst
  • It’s not just more fun to invest in the Philippines, it is also profitable, says President Aquino
  • How does one differentiate a tamaraw from a carabao?
  • Fun is not just about the place, it is also about the people, says DOT chief

OFW Corner

  • Ebola infection risk low in Croatia
  • Death toll rises to 41, over 100 still missing in landslide in India
  • Asbestos use in construction a labor hazard
  • 500,000 OFWs to benefit POEA on-line transactions — Baldoz
  • 25 distressed OFWs return home from Riyadh
©2025 Philippines Today | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme