TRANSPORTATION Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday batted for emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to help him solve the country’s traffic woes.

During the budget briefing of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) with the appropriations panel of the House of Representatives, Tugade said that while it was possible to implement strategies to solve traffic, the course of action would definitely be slower without the help of the Executive.

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