Council okays gas station in Talamban

CEBU, Philippines -  The Cebu City Council's Committee on Urban Planning agrees to grant Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Incorporated a clearance for its proposed gas station in Barangay Talamban.

"This committee interposes no objection on the subject resolution (Barangay Talamban Resolution No.011 Series of 2014 giving a consent to the said company for its project)," reads the committee's report.

Despite its report, committee, headed by Councilor Noel Elueterio Wenceslao, said the resolution alone will not suffice to justify approval of a development permit. The committee said the development permit has to be complied with.

"It has complied all the necessary requirements for its project on sanitary and environmental measures like garbage disposal and drainage system," the resolution reads.

The barangay resolution further stated that the barangay has conducted a public hearing last January 24, 2014 on the matter and no one objected to the opening of the gas station. It was agreed for the company to prioritize the safety and security of residents nearby.

The gas station will be constructed along A. Borbajo Street. 

"That Phoenix Petroleum will have enough fencing height to maintain the ventilation of the nearby residents," the minute of the public hearing read.

It was also agreed that the business will fill the area with land up to the road level to avoid flooding in the adjacent side near Pryce Gas. The company should also provide a road-right-of-way to residents of the Tintay Market Side and construct a standard drainage system. — JMO (FREEMAN)