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From the PIA:

Fernandez, who also chaired the festivities last year, defended the transfer of the Bangusan street party to the new De Venecia Expressway extension in barangay Lucao. It used to be held at the kilometer-long city's main thoroughfare, A. B. Fernandez avenue for the past six years.

She said the Lucao-Pantal area is spacious with available parking spaces of about eight hectares and can accommodate several music bands without worries of stampede. She noted that with six to seven bands playing at the same time, it was very difficult for the spectators to move from one place to another as had been observed in the past bangus festivals.

She said that business will not be affected in the downtown area as feared by some sectors. With no closing of the main thoroughfare there, she said that business will go on. The main road had been closed during the street party in the past editions of the festiva (by Danny Sagun)

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