Cebu City North District Representative Rachel del Mar on Sunday is pushing to preserve the two skywalks along Osmeña Boulevard that will be affected by the Bus Rapid Transit construction.

In her letters addressed to the Department of Transportation, the lawmaker said that the skywalk between Cebu Normal University and Abellana National School and the other skywalk near the Department of Health's Central Visayas office are beneficial to the students and other pedestrians.

Del Mar's letters were responses to the letter from CBRT project manager Norvin Imbong, who requested a certificate of no objection to the skywalks' demolition from the Office of Congresswoman Del Mar.

The skywalks were projects of the late Representative Raul del Mar which amounted to P36 million and implemented in 2003.

The Cebu solon proposed the installation of an elevator in the skywalk for the convenience of senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women.

Meantime, Cebu City Legal Office Representative Albert Bitangcol stressed that the skywalks belong to the national government as they were funded by the Office of the late Congressman Raul del Mar through the Department of Public Works and Highways.

According to Imbong, the DPWH already issued a certificate of no objection to the demolition and cited that the elevator proposal is not practical and requires additional funding as the elevator maybe damaged within three months due to misuse.

Imbong added that preserving the skywalks could only result in redundancy of purpose since the CBRT management plans to provide signalized pedestrian crossings that are more accessible than the skywalks.