- CTTMO to buy tire locks to enforce ordinance
THE CITY Traffic and Transport Management Office will purchase clamps and tire locks to implement the Wheel Clamping Ordinance by the second quarter of the year.
In an interview with city-owned Davao City Disaster Radio, Atty. Eduardo Perez IV, CTTMO admin officer said they will start enforcing the ordinance after it was approved in October last year.
Along with the procurement of equipment, CTTMO personnel will also be trained for efficient execution.
“On our end, we are now processing the procurement of clamps. The training however is targeted to be scheduled hopefully in the first week of February,” Perez said.
For the first quarter of the year, CTTMO will focus on information dissemination of the provisions of the ordinance.
The installation of overhead traffic signs indicating “Clamping Zone” to inform motorists.
The 21st City Council approved “Wheel Clamping of Illegally Parked Vehicles Ordinance of Davao City,” which is a separate provision in Article 10 of Ordinance No. 0334-12, or the Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Code of Davao City.
The ordinance authorized the CTTMO to declare streets within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City as “Clamping Zone.”
The initially identified streets include Daang Maharlika Highway from corner R. Castillo up to Lasang Boundary; Sandawa or GE Torres Street from corner Quimpo to corner MacArthur Highway; and Ecoland Drive from corner Quimpo to corner Sandawa.
Designated clamping zones may be increased or decreased depending on the study and proposals of CTTMO, and to be approved by the City Transport and Traffic Management Board.
Owners of the illegally parked clamped vehicles will face penalties of P2,000 for light vehicles and P5,000 for trucks and other heavy vehicles.
Whenever a vehicle is found parked at a Clamping Zone, the CTTMO or DCPO-TEU will call the attention of the registered owner, driver, or operator of the vehicle, when available.
If the driver is present, the CTTMO will require the driver to remove his illegally parked vehicle and issue a ticket for illegal parking If the owner is absent, the enforcer will clamp the vehicle and leave a ticket in the windshield.
Those who will be found tampering with the seal of the city government, removing the clamp, or causing damage to the clamp will face a fine of P1,000- P3,000.
