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Table 3. Quantity of Solid Waste in Cebu City
1991 1992 1993
Average solid waste
Generation (tons/day) 363.1
Total solid waste
Collection (1000 cu. m) 309.53 343.19
Average solid waste
colloclion per.day (cu. m/day) 775.0 859.91 953.31
Source: J'[CA/RIX_ VII (1994),
Garbage disposal in the metro area is a growing problem as
garbage collection. The absence of a sanitary landfill for the
metropolis' garbage provides some health risk as open dumping can
increase the risk of disease outbreak or lead to an epidemic. Moreover,
water-borne diseases may be caused by continued disposal of garbage
near water systems such as rivers and creek. Sanitary landfill
investment, however, is admittedly huge and so is maintaining its
operation. Considering the land and money involved to develop and
maintain a landfill site, this cannot be undertaken by one local
government unit. Economies of scale can be realized in this regard
through an inter-LGU cooperation.
Tra
In Metro Cebu, transport and traffic management is one of the
priority concerns. Although its traffic situation may not be as severe
as in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu is confronted with traffic congestion
especially in its major road sections. If the existing situation is not
improved (i.e., unless new road constructions and/or road expansions
are undertaken in the future), aU of these areas will be totally clogged
with road users by the year 2000.
Table 4 shows past and future traffic demand and how this
translates in selected road sections of MetroCebu. Metro Cebu's traffic
demand will continue to experience rapid growth of over 3 percent
in the millenium. By then, its major roads would have gone beyond
their full capacity as revealed by the computed congestion ratios.
Traffic management and engineering as well as road
development in the metropoliswill need a strong cooperation among
LGUs. The challenge also applies to the provision of railway transport
and reorganization of routes of various existing public transport
modes.