The president of the Silliman University Alumni Association has echoed the complaint of motorists and pedestrians against the huge warning signs at the overpass undergoing construction, in front of the SU high school and elementary campus, at Hibbard Avenue in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros.

Regional Trial Court Judge Candelario Gonzales Jr., the alumni head, said the signs do not serve any purpose, as they would cause motorists and pedestrians to look upwards and lead to traffic accidents.

He suggested that a net be placed to prevent the public from looking at the signs. He also said the contractor should consider other safety measures instead of the signs.

Some portions of the project have improved, however, such as the putting of ramps. The overpass was constructed to protect the pedestrians, especially school children, from accidents.

The SUAA, the parent-teachers association, divinity school, student government and other groups, however, had earlier signed a petition opposing its construction.

In a resolution signed by Gonzalez earlier, the alumni called on the Commission on Audit, Congress, and the Office of the Ombudsman to conduct an investigation on the project, which they said, was just a wasteful expenditure of public funds that would not serve the public.

They said a portion of the overpass was constructed on the private property of Silliman, and had been undertaken without consulting the actual users, stakeholders, and the National Historical Institute.

The protestors had earlier also claimed that the overpass project would only aggravate the existing traffic congestion in the area since it does not extend to the parking area of the Silliman Business Administration Building, as it begins and ends on the shoulders of the road, or the pedestrian pavement.

Even the SU student government had tagged the project as "completely ridiculous," because they can not see the need for it.*JG

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