Baguio City to study 2-storey market

BAGUIO CITY — The city council Monday sought the conduct of a feasibility study on the adoption of a design concept for a two-storey market building to be built at the area affected recently by a fire.

The body approved a resolution proposed by Vice-mayor Daniel Fariñas asking Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. to create a technical working group to undertake said study.

Fariñas saw the need to put up a building at the burnt section to accommodate the displaced occupants but before that, a feasibility study should first be done “using the design and build scheme for infrastructure projects as provided for in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184.”

“The city market being the show window of our city should look presentable not only to our local residents but also to foreign and local visitors. As could be observed, the buildings surrounding our city market are old and dilapidated and might even cause danger to our market-goers,” the vice-mayor said.

The resolution further authorizes the mayor to negotiate with other government or non-government agencies to finance the implementation of said project after its feasibility has been established.

Fire gutted the old city market in April. Two week after that, market stall owners have re-built the structure to catch up with summer when sales is at its peak. # Aileen P. Refuerzo