LUBAO town and barangay officials heeding the call of Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda will mobilize 44 barangay patrol vehicles on Monday, May 18, to offer free ride for employees returning to work.
Mayor Esmeralda Pineda on Sunday, May 17, held a meeting with the town's Covid-19 monitoring and response team to set the schedules and routes of the free ride.
Route 1 vehicles will pick up passengers from identified cluster terminals, pass through the Jose Abad Santos Avenue and drop them off at the Salilungan Complex in Barangay San Juan in the capital, City of San Fernando.
The clusters of barangays for Route 1 are terminal Concepcion for San Matias Concepcion, San Jose Apunan, Sto. Domingo, Dau first and Dau second.
Terminal in Sta. Cruz for Sta. Cruz, Sta. Tereza first, San Jose Gumi, San Pablo first, San Pablo second, Sta. Rita and Dela Paz;
Pasbul for San Nicolas first, San Antonio, San Vicente, San Miguel and San Francisco;
San Roque Arbol for San Roque Arbol, Calangain, Balantacan, San Pedro Saug, and San Pedro Palcarangan;
Mi-Cruz for San Agustin, Sta. Catalina, Del Carmen, and Remedios;
San Isidro for San Isidro, Sto. Niño, Lourdes, Santiago Baruya, and Prado Siongco.
Route 2 will load passengers at the New Municipal Hall complex in Sta. Catalina, this town, then proceed to downtown City of San Fernando. The route will pass through the poblacion area of Guagua town.
Terminal is in New Municipal Hall for Sta. Barbara, San Juan, Sta. Lucia, Sto. Tomas, Sta. Monica, and San Nicolas first.
Both routes will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Only a worker who can present his company ID or certificate of employment, and is wearing a facemask will be allowed to board the vehicles, Mayor Pineda said.
The mayor reminded the drivers of the barangay patrol service to help maintain social distancing and observe proper hygienic practices of all passengers inside the vehicles.
Mayor Pineda also warned them not to impose or accept payments of any kind from the employees who will avail of the free ride.
"Tinutulungan natin sila sa abot ng ating makakaya kaya sana huwag natin silang hihingan ng anumang kapalit sa serbisyong ibibigay natin," the mayor said.
She also thanked Governor Pineda for the assistance in mobilizing the barangays for the free ride for the employees who have returned to work as soon as Pampanga was put under a modified enhanced community quarantine. (Albert Lacanlale/Contributor)