A resolution requesting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to commission the Department of Architecture and Fine Arts of La Consolacion College, to make further studies on the construction of the flyover at the Burgos-Lacson street junction, in Bacolod City was proposed Bacolod Councilor Catalino Alisbo yesterday.

The resolution also requested the group to submit its recommendation to the city for evaluation.

It said the Department of Public Works and Highways, through the program of the national government, will construct the proposed flyover project.

It also said the City of Bacolod and the Department of Public Works and Highways have not consulted the owners of the buildings in the adjacent area, except for the barangays affected, who submitted their approval without consulting the residents and building owners.

The resolution said the Doña Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital emergency entrance is about 20 meters from the junction of Lacson-Burgos streets, and that the width of the streets is too narrow to accommodate the flyover and would only cover and destroy the historical hospital institution.

The resolution also said that another consultation should be made with the newly-elected barangay officials, as well, other building owners, who object to the construction of the project at Lacson-Burgos streets and recommend its transfer to Magsaysay-Araneta streets.

Alisbo, who owns the Alisbo Funeral Chapel located at the junction of Lacson-Burgos streets, had voted against a resolution passed by the SP endorsing the construction of the project in April 2007.

Bacolod Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said a public hearing on the matter will be conducted by Councilor Roberto Rojas, chairman of the Committee on Public Works. A similar resolution proposed by Councilors Celia Flor and Jocelle Batapa-Sigue will be taken up in the public hearing, he said.*CGS

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