Guadalupe Elementary School has inaugurated a pedestrian traffic light outside its campus, becoming the first school in the city with a dedicated traffic signal aimed at improving student safety.
The project, formally launched through a grand inauguration and switch-on ceremony, was carried out through a partnership between the Guadalupe Elementary School Alumni Association and the Cebu City government, the school said.
Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival said the city would support projects that help protect schoolchildren. “Any project of the school, I will support as long as it is for the safety of the children,” he said in Cebuano.
Traffic officials said the installation marked the first time a school in Cebu City had been provided with its own traffic light. Raquel Arce, head of the Cebu City Traffic Office, said Guadalupe Elementary School was fortunate to be the first school in the city to receive such a facility.
The initiative was led by the Guadalupe Elementary School Alumni Association under its president, Lorna Labra Ubod, in coordination with city authorities. Also present during the ceremony were Arce and lawyer Kent Francisco C. Gungoy.
Ubod said the traffic light had long been a dream for the school community amid years of change and improvement in the campus.
The school said the project reflected cooperation between alumni and local officials and was intended to strengthen road safety for students and pedestrians in the area.
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