TAYTAY, Rizal — Responding to complaints from residents, the local government of Taytay has temporarily ceased to issue permits to service utility companies and its sub-contractors for their failure to respond to calls to address inconveniences arising from potholes left after digging roads, overlapping and entangled wires, and that of fallen posts.
In a statement posted in social media, Taytay Mayor Joric Gacula said that he has personally directed concerned local government department offices to cease from issuing any permit to public utility companies and their sub-contractors for its wanton disregard of the provisions for which permits to excavate or put up posts where power and communication lines are attached.
Gacula went as far as posting photos of fallen posts and abandoned excavation areas in the locality.
“Ipinatigil ko ang pagbibigay ng mga permit sa mga gusto maglatag ng wires at maglagay ng poste sa ating mga lansangan. Napakabagal nila mag responde kapag nasira ang mga facilities nila.”
Pressed to provide details, Gacula cited a fallen post along L. Wood Street in Barangay San Isidro, even as he assailed what he aptly described as “snail-paced” response amid repeated requests coming from both the local folks and the LGU.
“Halos three days bago kumilos ang may ari ng poste na Service Provider ng telecommunications sa L. Wood Brgy San Isidro . Napakalaking perhuwisyo sa ating mga commuters at public transport. Minsan wire lang di pa nila agad matanggal kapag ito ay lumundo at nasa kalye na,” the visibly irked local chief executive lamented.
(Photo credit: Taytay PIO Facebook page)