The government is aiming to complete the jeepney modernization program as scheduled, after the initial stages of the project started in 2017 resulted in only 4,000 modernized jeepneys taking to the roads.
MODERNIZATION. LTFRB will phase out old jeepneys by June 30, 2020.
The government launched the PUV Modernization Program in June 2017, requiring operators to decommission units of a certain age, for replacement with modernized units.
“Ang deadliest deadline nyan, June 30, 2020. Mawawala na lahat ng mausok at bulok na sasakyan, jeep, basically (The “deadliest deadline” for jeepney modernization is June 30, 2020. By then, all smoke-belching and dilapidated jeepneys will be phased out),” LTFRB Board Member Ronaldo F. Corpuz said.
The government launched the PUV Modernization Program in June 2017, requiring operators to decommission units of a certain age, for replacement with modernized units.
For jeepneys, the requirement is to phase out units that are 15 years or older within three years from the launch of the PUV Modernization program, or by June 2020.
But two years into its implementation, some transport groups are still not on board with the government’s modernization initiative.
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