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Road clearing deadline extended; LGUs given 7 days more

Kristel Cawas Baruzo

Quezon City, Philippines – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) granted one-week extension of the Road Clearing Operation (RC 2.0) requested by Local Government Units (LGU) to give more time in removing road obstructions in their respective areas and full compliance of program directed under DILG Memorandum Circular Number 2020-145.


The new deadline is on January 22, 2021.


“We extended the deadline for RCO 2.0 because these are extraordinary times; we are in a pandemic and LGUs have a lot on their plate. We understand the request so the Department granted it… This is, in a way, a little help to the LGUs as so that they have more time to comply with the President’s directive,” DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya through DILG’s press release.


The implementation still depends on an LGU’s quarantine classification.

Areas under MGCQ and the New Normal or Post Quarantine Scenario are directed to fully comply, LGUs under GCQ shall partially comply while the implementation in areas under MECQ and ECQ is suspended. Validation Teams


Malaya said that prior to the start of the validation period on January 25-February 5, 2021, the DILG shall create Validation Teams (VTs), in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), for each province, city and municipality. These VTs, he said, will also be crossed-posted to ensure the impartiality of the validation process. “This time around mayroon tayong VTs na established at cross-posted, meaning, kung taga-Quezon City sila hindi sila puwede mag-validate sa QC, dapat nasa Taguig City sila o alin mang ibang lungsod,” he explained. He said their LGU of assignment during the validation must not be their original LGU of designation or residence. VTs will be composed of a representative from the DILG; the PNP; the BFP; and, one representative from a civil society organization (CSO) or the local media. VTs for Component Cities and Municipalities may be cross-posted within their respective provinces while for Provinces, Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs), and Independent Component Cities (ICCs) may be cross-posted within the region. To reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 and other health risks, Malaya said that DILG Regional Directors are also enjoined to consider the minimization of travel in the cross-posting of the VTs. Among the validation requisites are the actual removal of road obstructions; enactment of an enabling ordinance; conduct of an inventory of road obstructions; crafting and implementation of a displacement plan; rehabilitation of cleared roads; creation of a grievance mechanism; as well as the Tricycle Route Plan.


Meanwhile according to DILG, 101 out of 1,245 LGUs nationwide in 2019 were found non-compliant of the road clearing directive of the President and were issued show cause orders. Fifteen of these were filed with administrative cases by the DILG.


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