The Barangay Taculing Council passed a resolution Saturday opposing the construction of the proposed city government center in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City.

The city-owned property in Brgy. Taculing, with an approximate area of 5 hectares, had been recommended by the City Hall Committee as the proposed site of the government center.

Taculing Brgy. Captain Rommel Sanson yesterday said Taculing is not an appropriate site for the proposed government center because the area is already congested. He said the area is considered the water basin of all the neighboring subdivisions and always becomes flooded.

He also said that if the Taculing-Alijis bridge will open, including another bridge near the Bacolod Memorial Park, the traffic problem will worsen in the area. Sanson also claimed the proposed project will affect the Bacolod City National High School and the Bacolod City College.

In recommending the Taculing lot over the other properties offered either for sale or donation, the committee headed by City Administrator Lorendo Dilag, based its decision on the criteria of accessibility, minimal cost of development, substantial area, availability of transportation and communication facilities, proximity to government offices and other relevant consideration. Based on the recommendation of the committee and on Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No. 96 dated Jan. 26, "declaring the inadequacy of the present City Hall site and declaring the need for another site to augment the present site," Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order No. 6 ordering the construction of a city government center in Taculing.*CGS

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