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Wednesday, February 20, 2O1g
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RORO system
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With ArroYo leadinT me congres-
fter be* sional group for the neeting, ReP.
ing aban- Cesar Sarmiento (Lone District.
doned by Catanduanes) presidd the proceed-
ithe Aqui- ing at the Social Hallofthe Cebu Port
no administra- Authority (CPA).
tion the Roll-On, "The reiason we put up the RORO
RoU-Off (RORO) svstem is rie want to bring the cost
system of trans- oi transporting footl ftom Mindanao,
. portation has been
where it's plentifil, to visayas and
revived and has Luzon. And we ho1e that we'll continue
started to contrib- to reap titsl fruits" AffoYo said.
ute immensely to During the herring, it was revealed
economic prog- tha! except for trose using 10-wheel
ress atbeit with a trucks, the cost,)f transporting goods
fewhitches. .i is more expensive though the RORO
Former president and now Speaker than the convettional methods.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. who tapped lbaders bl[med various factors,
RORO as a factor fdr economic growth, including logistics, weighing irethods,
called for the .
laek of rei:fer vans, and trucker fees.
convening of Aecording to them, exorbitant fees
the oversight were being collected for the use of
committee on weighing scales.
transportation n€sponding to the comPlaints, Ar-
to tackle is- royo asked the Department of Public
sues that his Works a4d llighways (DPWH) to iake
affected the over the operation of weighing scales
RoRo system, since they have their weighing scales.
particularly to
'We will try to have another headng
make it more to frnd out if the DPWH can be the one
efficient in to take over the weighing," she said.
bringing down On the fees imposed bY the truck-
the prices of ers, Speaker Arroyo said another over-
goods. ARRriYo sight committee hearingwill be called
Notwithstanding the welcome to specifrcally tackle the issue.
news that seven new routes have been She announced that a lot were tack-
opened to expand the RORO systern, led and accomplisbed by the Oversight
Anoyo pushed for the lowering of committee, includng updates on the
service fees that appeared to bo a new routes that will be opened in areas
drawback in achieving its economic without sea tranFDoft.
goals.
The':panel had earlier discovered
thut the"e .-u"ral ,rr"re"u"d routes in the
RORO """
system.

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