Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, @&85

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF BANGA-TUPI-
MALUNGON ROAD, POLOMOLOK-MIASONG-MALUNGON ROAD,
KORONADAL-TAMPAKAN-MIASONG-MALUNGON ROAD, AND.
CROSSING PALKAN-PALKAN-CANNERY-KLINAN 6 ROAD IN THE
1ST DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABA FROM
PROVINCIAL ROADS INTO NATIONAL ROADS AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ISIDRO D. LUMAYAG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks for the conversion of the following provincial roads into
national roads: Banga-Tupi-Malungon Road, Polomolok-Miasong-Malungon
Road, Koronadal-Tampakan-Miasong-Malungon Road, and Crossing Palkan-
Palkan-Cannery-Klinan 6 Road.

These roads form part of the road network that shall connect the Ist District
of South Cotabato, its town centers and industrial zones, to neighboring towns,
cities, and provinces and to the rest of Mindanao.

The Banga-Tupi-Malungon Road connects the Municipality of Tupi, South
Cotabato to the Municipality of Banga, South Cotabato (by-passing the City of
Koronadal, South Cotabato) and to Municipality of Malungon, Sarangani
Province then to Davao Region (by-passing the City of General Santos). The
Polomolok-Miasong-Malungon Road shall likewise connect the Municipality of
Polomolok, South Cotabato to Malungon, Sarangani Province then to the Davao
Region (by-passing the City of General Santos). This includes the four-lane
Cannery Road — a major road network that connects the economic/industrial


zones of Dole Philippines Inc. and the tourism and cultural sites of the B’laan
People to the South Cotabato-Sarangani Pan-Philippine Highway. The
Koronadal-Tampakan-Miasong-Malungon Road is an altemative road
connecting the Municipality of Tampakan to Koranadal City then to down to
Sarangani Province. Crossing Palkan-Palkan-Cannery-Klinan 6 Road Polomolok
is a circumferential road that will provide alternative route for vehicles traveling
to and from the northem part of South Cotabato, the Provinces of Sultan Kudarat
and North Cotabato, to General Santos City and Sarangani. It runs parallel to the
South Cotabato-Sarangani Pan-Philippine Highway.

The Regional Development Council XII, through Resolution No. 141,
Series of 2021, underscores the “construction of road-based transport facilities
as major drivers for economic growth", and had accordingly endorsed the
conversion of three of these priority road projects that were proposed during the
Regional Road Summit to the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH).

The conversion of these roads will be a major economic driver not only
within the District but as well as to the whole of Region 12 and the entire
Mindanao, as they will enhance the movement of people and goods, cut travel
time and cost, promote tourism, and enhance physical integration among town
and urban centers. Accordingly, the conversion of these roads into national roads
shall enhance the upkeep, regular maintenance, construction, and expansion of
these road network. As a condition precedent however, ownership and
supervision of these provincial roads must be declared under the national
government.

Hence, the immediate enactment of this bill is being sought.

I 0 D. I|AYAG


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill Nod 485

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ISIDRO D. LUMAYAG

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF BANGA-TUPI-
MALUNGON ROAD, POLOMOLOK-MIASONG-MALUNGON ROAD,
KORONADAL-TAMPAKAN-MIASONG-MALUNGON ROAD, AND.
CROSSING PALKAN-PALKAN-CANNERY-KLINAN 6 ROAD IN THE
18T DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABA FROM
PROVINCIAL ROADS INTO NATIONAL ROADS AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

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

SECTION 1. It is hereby declared that the provincial roads: Banga-Tupi-
Malungon Road, Polomolok-Miasong-Malungon Road, Koronadal-Tampakan-
Miasong-Malungon Road, and Crossing Palkan-Palkan-Cannery-Klinan 6 Road
in the Ist District of the Province of South Cotabato, all under the ownership and
supervision of the Provincial Government of South Cotabato, be converted into
national roads, the ownership and supervision of which belongs to the national
government.

SECTION 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
shall prescribe the implementing rules and regulations necessary for the
evaluation, approval, and implementation of this act.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and
Highways shall include in the Department’s program the construction, expansion,
improvement, repair and/or maintenance of the said roads, the funding of which
shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SECTION 4, This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.
APPROVED,