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MMDA errs, dismantles LRT ‘eyesore’ in Caloocan
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has mistakenly dismantled the vertical clearance bar in Caloocan City owned by the Light Rail Transit (LRT).
LRT officials said they were surprised that the overhead clearance sign located near the Fifth Avenue Station was identified as an illegal structure by the MMDA. It was dismantled last Tuesday.
The clearance is used by truck drivers to measure if their vehicle can safely pass under the LRT concrete beams above.
“This (dismantling of sign) is very dangerous… this structure warns the trucks. When they hit the clearance, they cannot pass under the rail,” said Mel Robles, chief administrator of the LRT.
Robles added that his office was advised about the removal of the structure.
He urged the MMDA to re-install the clearance for the safety of the trucks passing through.
The MMDA, meanwhile, admitted that its personnel committed a mistake in dismantling the clearance sign.
“This is all human error… my men made a mistake. There were unconfirmed reports saying that they did know that it was owned by the LRT, but this excuses no one,” said Robert Nacianceno, MMDA general manager.
The clearance is currently at the MMDA’s impounding area. The agency said it will take two days before it could re-assemble the structure. With a report from Gretchen Malalad, ABS-CBN News
