UNSIGHTLY, dangling overhead wires in side streets of Dagupan will soon be gone, following the signing shortly of a unified pole agreement among all public utilities and local television companies.

City Administrator Alvin Fernandez said that all these agreed to implement before the year ends the first of its kind Unified Pole Attachment Scheme (UPAS).

UPAS was found to be a better alternative than the earlier suggestion for the placing of all the wires underground.

Fernandez met recently with executives of public utilities, among them from the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp), Philippine Long Distance Telephone, Digital Communications of the Philippines, Smart, BayanTel, PT&T, Urban Satellite Cable Television, Sky Cable and Home Cable to finalize the mechanics of UPAS.

As early as June this year, these companies have already started re-aligning their respective cable wires in preparation for the full implementation of UPAS.

Under UPAS, all cable and telecommunication wires in the city will be attached only to the electric poles of Decorp.

Decorp, the electric franchise holder in Dagupan, expressed its willingness to accommodate the wires of various companies.