Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Davao City Hall to pioneer underground cabling

DAVAO CITY- The City Hall of Davao will pioneer the putting up of underground wiring and cables around its vicinity.

City Councilor Leo Avila, chair of the City Council’s Committee of Transportation and Communications said he is expecting the project to start within this year, as there is already an agreement between the City Hall, the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and other cable companies regarding the underground cable system.

Avila, interviewed by the Davao media during Kapehan sa SM at SM City Davao today (March 17) said that City Hall project will be the benchmark for a future underground cable system in the city.

He said that some of the telecommunication cables in the city hall area are already buried underground.

The City Councilor bared that that the City thru City Administrator Melchor Quitain has already formed a team to look into combining all telecommunication cables into a fiber-optic network and separating it from power cables.

The City’s current wires and cables fixture is a vertical aboveground cable system where power, telecommunication and media cables are hung over poles.

The City Councilor says he is also eyeing measures to fix tangled and messy wires as it has become an eyesore long the subject of complaints by many residents. (PIA/RG Alama)

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