Motorists are preparing for the worst while the LTO chief, the mayor of Cebu, spits on traffic management

WHAT HAPPENS FROM THE CIRCUM SITUATION IN SOUTH OF CEBU, WITHOUT ANY OFFICER SETTING IT UP? With city government staff out of the picture, only police are expected on the site this week to help commuters, and the public is preparing for the worst. Officials from the city government and the Land Transportation Bureau (LTO) said they would not put traffic personnel in the area where a subway project is being built along the road. N. Bacalso Avenue. On Friday, Mayor Tomas R. Osmeña decided to withdraw police forces from the city after Victor Emmanuel C. Caindec, director of LTO-Region 7, challenged him to resign if the LTO could do better. manage the situation there. Last week, a new traffic plan was put in place as the construction of the underpass entered Phase Four. A dry run saw congestion lasting up to 17 hours. Mr Osmeña said that if Mr Caindec could solve the problem of trafficking in the southern district, he would let LTO take care of the problem in other parts of the city, resign from his mayor's post and Would even support the mayor's post. Mr. Caindec, meanwhile, said that he had not yet cleared the "conditions" before taking over the management of the traffic situation. "Personally, I look forward to seeing the legal terms that the mayor present to this challenge undoubtedly interesting but unorthodox," said Caindec in a statement Friday evening. – The Freeman