NAVOTAS City OFFICE OF THE MAYOR » RECEIVED Bh e020 amy 24 90900025 18 December 2019 Hon, TOBIAS “Toby” M. TIANGCO City Mayor Navotas City, Metro Manila RE: Executive Order No. TMT-o24, Series of 2019, dated November 28, 2019 entitled “An Order Implementing a Limited Truck Ban on C-3 Road, R-10, and North Bay Boulevard from the Hours of 6:00AM to 10:00AM and 4:00PM to 8:00PM Effective January 1, 2020", Dear Mayor Tiangco: This is in connection with the impending implementation of a limited truck ban in certain areas of Navotas City pursuant to your Executive Order (E.0.) No. TMT-o29, Series of 2019, effective January 1, 2020, CDAP (Container Depot Alliance of the Philippines), an alliance of off- dock container yard operators in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, is very concerned about the effects of the limited truck ban in the off-dock container depot industry in particular and the economy in general. With the streaming volume of importation due to our robust economy, it denotes an upsurge in con- tainer volumes coming in domestically and internationally. Clearly, more cargo trucks are needed for their conveyance, ‘It needs only to recall that when the City of Manila passed an Ordinance in 2014 to ban trucks passing through the city curing certain hours, cargo move- ment was constrained. As a result, cases of delay in the delivery of goods to ‘ents, production losses, interruptions of businesses, higher cost, etc. ensued. In addition, it brought about the restricted movement of cargo trucks to and fram the Port of Manila (POM) and the Manila International Container Port (MICP) and spill-over effect on port congestion. In other words, to alter the current com- plex transport and logistics network by banning the entry of cargo trucks in.cer tain roads and time albeit limited in Navotas City will have a major economic impact similar to the 2014 Manila truck ban.‘We appeal to thesound discretion of the Honorable Mayor to reconsider and set aside the implementation of the subject Executive Order to avoid not only another serious economic disruption, but also to its anticipated negative spill-over effect on port congestion. ‘We hope that you give this explanation, to the impending implementa- tion of your E.O. No. TMT-o20, effective January 1, 2020, a serious consideration and favorable action. Very truly yours, Coban Gihe President-CDAP‘We appeal to thesound discretion of the Honorable Mayor to reconsider and set aside the implementation of the subject Executive Order to avoid not only another serious economic disruption, but also to its anticipated negative spill-over effect on port congestion. We hope that you give this explanation, to the impending implementa- tion of your E.O. No. TMT-020, effective January 1, 2020, a serious consideration and favorable action. Very truly yours, hohe Ghee President-CDAP