It seems that the Makati City government has approved a project that has no consideration for motorist, most specially those on two wheels. A new project along Buendia between EDSA and Paseo de Roxas caught the eye of the Monitor – the island between Buendia is currently being landscaped with Rocks of different sizes. These are not small rocks that you find in gardens but big ones found in the Rivers of Ilocos and Roads along Baguio and Albay. They are as big as human heads and are the hard type that are usually used to grind grain.
I could just imagine a car hitting the island. Instead of saving the driver and passengers, it would obviously kill them. What more for motorcycle riders who are mostly wearing fake chinese made helmets? This project should be stopped and more thought be put into it.
Obviously someone will take offense and say that it is Art. Well art has no place in the middle of the road, where the safety of the motorist and riding public are placed above anything else and should be paramount. And if it is Art, it does not belong in Makati because it is ugly.
Mayor Binay should take a close look at this short sighted project before it affects his “Ganito kami sa makati” Presidential Ad campaign. When some drunk driver or motorcyclist dies because of this “jurassic bedrock” island, don’t tell us we did not warn you all.
San Lorenzo Village Monitor 