REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
‘Second Regular Session

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Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Philippine Road Network of 220,000 kilometers comprises critical socio-economic
infrastructure assets that provide access to public facilities and services linking municipalities and
barangays to local, regional, and national markets. Of this, 86% or 183, 263 kilometers are local
roads under the jurisdiction of 79 provinces, 122 cities, 1512 municipalities, and 42,061 barangays.
Given the importance of the local road network in supporting socio-economic activity and
stimulating countrywide economic growth, rationalizing the local road network is of utmost
importance in order to improve access and strengthen inter and intra-regional transport linkages.

‘One of the benefits of rationalizing the role and function of roadways in the local level is
that a low priority roadway currently under the jurisdiction of the province, once transferred, may
become a high priority for a city or municipality and see significant improvements over time.
Conversely a high volume local road carrying primarily through traffic may receive higher levels of
service under the jurisdiction of the province.

Moreover, road service providers are requested to demonstrate accountability for road
maintenance services. The efficient and effective delivery of road services is a priority of the local
government. One such step in demonstrating accountability is in rationalizing road jurisdiction
between the province and the cities or municipalities. This rationalization will ensure that arterial
roads serve primarily a local function and provincial roads serve a through traffic function.

‘Truly, local road investments work for growth and poverty reduction in local areas. This Act
recognizes the importance of investing in local roads and directs attention to the critical role of local
government units (LGUs) in rationalizing the local road network. Under this Act, the local road
network system shall be rationalized using a weighting system that shall identify a more
streamlined classification of local roads, transferring the jurisdiction of low priority roads to
muni lities and high priority ones to the provincial level.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this measut

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regalar Session

House Bilt No. 7836

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. GARY C. ALEJANO

AN ACT
PROMOTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY BY
RATIONALIZING THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled,

SECTION 1. Short Title.—This Act shall be known as “Local Road Network Act.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy—It is hereby declared the policy of the state to promote
socio-economic activity and stimulate countrywide economic growth by improving vital
transportation corridors in the local level by rationalizing the outdated local road network system. A
weighting system shall identify a more streamlined classification of local roads, transferring the
jurisdiction of low priority roads to municipalities and high priority ones to the provincial level.

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms—For the purposes of this Act:
AADT means Annual Average Daily Traffic.

Upper-tier (roads) are a network of national roads owned and maintained by the
Department of Public Works and Highways which are organized into three classifications
as: national primary, national secondary. and national tertiary roads.

‘Through-traffic means traffic initiated at and destined for points outside the local
zone.

SEC. 4. Provincial Road Rationalization Criteria.—Provincial roads shall hereby be
classified according to seven (7) key criteria selected to represent key functional characteristics of a
| Provincial Road. Each criterion shall be assigned a weighting factor that shall reflect the
relative importance placed on the individual criterion relative to the role a particular provincial road
plays in the overall transportation system.

A weighting system is hereby put in place to determine a minimum threshold for a road to
be considered as a provincial road. Roads that will score less than six (6) shall be identified as not
fulfilling the criteria for a provincial road and its management, maintenance, development and other
such responsibilities be transferred to a city or municipality on which such road is situated. Roads
having a score of 6 and above shall be transferred in the provincial level.

‘The criteria to be used in assessing the Local Road Network System is outlined hereafter:


a. Criterion 1 — Urban Center Connector & Upper Tier Connector—awards
points to roads that connect urban centers, build-up areas, and areas of major commercial and
employment activity to one another or to a national highway.

Weighting Applied = 4 points

2 points

2 points

0 point

roads connecting urban settlement areas to other
urban/community settlement areas

roads connecting settlement areas to other
community settlement areas or to the

national highway system

roads connecting recreational resort areas to
‘other community settlement areas or to the
national highway system

roads connecting to non-settlement areas

b. Criterion 2 — Heavy Industrial Service—awards points to roads within 5

kilometers of consistent major attractors or generators of heavy vehicles. The term
“consistent major attractor or generator”, in the case of gravel pits and quarries, is defined as
approximately nine (9) months or more of operation per year. Landfill sites serving the

upper tir municipality may also be considered as attractors of heavy vehicles and may be serviced

by upper tier roads.

Weighting Applied = 2 points
1.5 points

1 point
0.5 point
0

> 1000 (daily truck volume)
750 — 999

500-749

250 — 499

<250

c. Criterion 3 — Barrier Service—provide service parallel to and across major
barriers to free traffic movement such as freeways, railways, watercourses or congested
areas. Such service is provided parallel to only if there is no other upper tier or national road
providing that service within a S-kilometer distance and only along roadways which are

to reach barrier crossings.

Weighting Applied =.0.5

d. Criteria 4 — Traffic Speed—awards points to roads providing service where the

speed limit is generally at 80km/hr.
Weighting Applied = 1

©. Criteria 5 — Provides Continuity through the Province— roads providing

service
opportunities beyond its borders.

Weighting Applied = 2.

that improves the connectivity both within the province and to destinations and

f. Criterion 6 — Traffic Volume—awards points to roads providing service with
current traffic volumes greater than 3500 vehicles per day.


Weighting Applied =4 points > 3500 AADT
3.5 points 3000-3499
3 points 2500-2999
2.5 points 2000-2499
1.5 points 1000-1499
1 point 500-999
0 point <500

g. Criterion 7 — Provides a By-pass Function for Urban or Built-up areas—
awards points to roads that can function as a by-pass to alleviate traffic congestion within
urban areas and enhances efficiency of flow on provincial roads.

Weighting Applied = 2

SEC. 5. Local Road Classifications—The weighting system shall be used to determine the
functional classification of each road within the Local Road Network System. The following
classifications are:

a. Provincial Highway—are highways under the jurisdiction and control of the

provincial government. Its roles are linking communities and supporting economic

prosperity across the province. Highways in the provincial highway network are classified by
function _based on the priority given to through-traffic versus land access;

b. Municipal/City Roads (Arterials)—serve moderate to high volumes of intra-

urban and long distance traffic movements at moderate speeds between Provincial Highways and

Barangay Roads and has limited property access. Arterials are divided into two further
classifications:

1) Rural Arterials—serve a principal role of long distance traffic movement
with design speeds ranging from 60 to 120 kilometers per hour; and

2) Urban Arterials—serve a principal role of traffic movement with varying
Ievels of access control depending if the arterial is a major or minor route.
Design speeds range on urban arterials from 40 to 60 kilometers per hour for
minor urban arterials and from 60 to 100 kilometers per hour for major urban
arterials;

c. Barangay Roads (Collectors)—serve light to moderate volumes of traffic for
short distances between collector and arterial roads and may provide access to individual
properties.

SEC. 6. Special Considerations—Further to the application of the abovementioned criteria
in Section 4, the following factors shall be considered in transferring a road’s jurisdiction:
a. Additional constraints/limitations due to geography and/or topography;

b. The desire for continuity of jurisdiction (to avoid varying jurisdiction between
consecutive road sections along the same road);

c. Road maintenance needs and resulting programming/scheduling;


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d. The elimination of parallel or alternative travel routes/corridors;

. The provision of major municipal or city infrastructure (water and sewer) within
the road allowance;

£. The presence of existing bridges/structures that are desired to remain with
provincial jurisdiction; and

g. Planned/proposed future development along, or within close proximity to, the

SEC. 7. Point System Adjustments—Each respective provincial government is hereby
allowed to adjust the corresponding truck volume and annual average daily traffic estimates on
subsections (b) and (f) of section 4 of this Act with their own estimations, provided that such
estimations be subject to verification and approval by the Secretary of Public Works and Highways.

SEC. 8. Road Rationalization Review —The rationalized local road network shall be subject
toa review every nine (9) years for necessary adjustments.

SEC. 9. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to carry out the initial implementation of
this 11 Act shall be charged against the Department of Interior and Local Government's current
appropriated funding.

SEC. 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations—The Secretaries of Interior and Local
Government and Public Works and Highways, shall jointly within ninety (90) days from the
effectivity of this Act, formulate and promulgate the rules and regulations to implement the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 11. Repealing Clause.—All laws, orders, decrees, issuances, circulars, rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 12. Effectivity Clause.—This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of
publication in the Official Gazette and at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,