[talk-ph] Update on proposed road reclassifications

[Jherome Miguel]

1. On Mindoro, I'll be fine limiting the trunk classification to the
Western Nautical Highway between Calapan and Roxas (and onward to Caticlan
via RORO) in Oriental Mindoro. For the remainder of the roads circling
Mindoro (Mindoro West Coastal Road), primary is still best, being the only
other major road, with much of the other major roads in OccMin being
secondary.
2. On Route 501, I agree; it's much like the situation with Route 452 in
OccMin. Next question is what gets trunk in the Iloilo area. We currently
have two trunk routings, the original Route 5 following E. Lopez, Luna and
Bonifacio, and the wider and better Benigno S. Aquino Avenue. Also to add
to the changes in the trunk network is the road to Iloilo International
(Route 512 or the old Iloilo-Capiz Road between Iloilo City and Santa
Barbara).
3. On Route 955, yes, it is now be the main route between Butuan and CDO
(in between Gingoog and Villanueva), but I think this one should be treatEd
as an off-route shortcut than a bypass. Another thing is shifting the trunk
route to Route 955 will break the guideline trunks should generally follow
the same route number between cities (it's doesn't need to be followed, but
for this case, this should be followed considering Route 9 is the main link
between CDO and Butuan). Third, Route 955 around Mount Balatukan does seem
to be prone to landslides and might often get closed than the older route
(can someone confirm?)

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 3:25 PM Timeo Gut <timeo.gut at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Good day,
>
> The suggestions for trunk refinement in Manila, Cavite as well as Cebu all
> sound good to me. In Mindoro I think we could consider having a full
> circumferential trunk to fix the current classification gap between Calapan
> and San Jose. In Panay while extending trunk to Caticlan I think we should
> consider downgrading route 501 Iloilo-Antique Road
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/501+Iloilo-Antique+Road?entry=gmail&source=g>
> to primary.
>
> As for Cotabato City East Diversion Road it will probably be another 1-2
> years before the road will start to serve any significant amount of
> traffic. This section <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/727651616> on
> Sultan Kudarat side of Rio Grande is currently still impassable for cars
> during heavy rain and for the final section
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/965331841> construction hasn't even
> started yet.
>
> Another road that I'd like to discuss is trunk between Butuan and CDO.
> Route 955 seems to have become the de facto trunk for traffic between these
> two cities because of the significant time savings. The bypassed section of
> route 9 is now mostly serving traffic to the various coastal
> municipalities. How does this off-route shortcut differ from other bypass
> roads?
>
> Looking forward to your feedback!
>
>
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