The full implementation of Iloilo City’s enhanced Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) will start on May 27.
Those jeepneys without stickers issued by the Iloilo City Traffic Management Unit (ICTMU) will not be allowed to operate.
According to ICTMU head Uldarico Garbanzos, the purpose of installing color-coded stickers is to “hasten the identification of colorum” units.
“But there are remaining traditional jeepneys that are unstickered due to internal problems within their cooperatives,” he said.
Garbanzos noted that around 93 to 95 percent of the 1,692 consolidated traditional jeepneys operating in the 25 routes identified in the LPTRP have stickers. and 100 percent of those coming from first towns and allowed to enter city routes.
He said the Land Transportation Office (LTO) was already instructed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to start apprehending unconsolidated traditional jeepneys that continue to operate.
“We will start this in tandem with LTO because this is a franchise violation. The enforcement arm of DOTr (Department of Transportation) and the LTFRB is the LTO. By next week, we will inform you all about our operation,” Garbanzos added.
Once apprehended, the drivers can be fined P50,000 with one-year suspension and 30-day impounding of units.
The deadline for consolidating jeepneys under the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program lapsed on April 30.
The grace period given by LTFRB and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) ended on May 15.IMT
