Urban planner blames politics for inaction on ‘catastrophic’ traffic predicted 43 years ago
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Urban planning expert Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. blamed “too much politics” and lack of continuity and institutional memory as reasons behind Metro Manila’s “catastrophic” traffic, which he said was already predicted to happen 43 years ago.
“I think too much politics, lack of continuity and institutional memory because sometimes some administrations when they come in new, they ignore previous planning initiatives and so on. Maybe because of our three-year election, six-year election so it’s short term and opportunistic not long term and visionary,” Palafox said in an interview Monday over ANC’s “Early Edition.”
