The city government allocated P5,000 each as financial assistance for the first 200 tricycle units with the expected cost of conversion including installation of safety gadgets which runs to P13,000 per unit.

Three thousand members of Balanga City Federation of Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association Inc. plying Balanga City and adjacent Pilar town have signified their intentions to join in the conversion campaign with the continuous increases in price of fossil fuels in the world market.

Garcia said that the shifting from diesel or gasoline to LPG had passed the stringent road tests conducted by various government agencies including the Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for safety concerns and the Clean Air Act.

The city government is now negotiating with the Liquigaz officials in Mariveles town, Bataan to put up a P2 million refilling station in Barangay Bagumbayan to provide uninterrupted LPG supply to those converted tricycle units.

The conversion of tricycle from diesel or gasoline to LPG is part of the alternative energy conservation program of the government to help save the environment. [via philstar.com]