The allowance set for the traditional tricycles in Boracay will be
almost three (3) years before they will be changed to the new and electric
powered E-Trikes.
This was the agreement reached by the Department of Energy (DOE)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Town Council of Malay Thursday morning in
the E-Trike public consultation to change the means of public transportation in
Boracay. The E-Trike is foreseen as a solution to noise and air pollution in
the island.
It is the target of the Local Government of Malay that by year
2015 only E-Trikes will ply the streets. The current five hundred (500) units
of traditional tricycles which have a franchise and registered to Boracay Land
Transportation Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BLTMPC) are planned to be replaced by
the E-Trikes.
During the presentation Thursday morning, the Officer in Charge,
Assistant Director Jesus Anunciacion of the DOE said that the government has a
program which is being implemented by the Department. In the program, five
hundred (500) units of E-Trikes are allocated for Boracay for public
transportation and these units are not to be sold to private individuals.
Each of these E-Trikes costs two hundred thousand pesos (P200,
000) to be paid within five (5) years by the existing operators with franchise
and who are registered with the BLTMPC.
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