After a lull of one year, the City Traffic Management Office implemented Wednesday the Integrated Southbound Terminal System ordinance in Barangay Bagacay, Dumaguete City.

The implementation was met with less resistance from the concerned transport groups, except for the passengers who complained of inconvenience in going to the site of the new terminal.

TMO personnel Danny Atillo said all pre-departure areas for southbound public utility jeepneys were pulled out starting Wednesday to decongest the city streets.

PUJ drivers, however, claimed they have been unfairly treated when they were transferred to the Bagacay terminal, while Ceres buses continue to use their terminal in Barangay Calindagan, about two kilometers from the new site.

They also cried injustice against officials for allowing another transport group to use a rented lot closer to the poblacion area as their private terminal, which, they said, has unduly prejudiced their operation.

PUJ operators plying the Dumaguete-Dauin and vice versa route said, if the terminal problem is not resolved, it will affect their means of livelihood.

Passengers, on the other hand, aired their inconvenience in going to the Bagacay terminal, aside from the additional expense.

Students are complaining as well.

TMO sources said decongesting traffic of the central district outweighs all other concerns, which is being addressed in the ordinance.

PUJ drivers have also raised a concern of lack of water in the comfort room and the lack of other amenities in the terminal.

Drivers of another transport group called the United Transport Organization of the South have rented a private lot away from the Integrated Southbound terminal in order to avoid confrontation with other transport groups.

But if told to go back to the designated terminal, they said they will have to decide as a group.*JG

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