The owner of six waiting sheds dismantled by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) denied allegations that the structures were “illegally built.”
Lawyer Linda Jimeno, representing High Desert International (HDI) StopOvers Inc., said that contrary to the MMDA’s claim, the six sheds for buses were not constructed just two weeks before the MMDA’s demolished them on Jan. 17.
She said the waiting sheds are legal but had to be dismantled by the MMDA as part of the agency’s bus segregation scheme along EDSA.
According to MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino the six sheds reportedly confused commuters, who thought they were the new bus stops. He explained that under the new bus segregation scheme, Type A and B buses have their own stops assigned to them.
Jimeno said however, that the MMDA should have given HDI enough time to take down the said structures, the Philippine Star reported.
