S E N A T E  
s. NO. * 118 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Part of the monstrous anarchy on the road comes fiom the wanton, indiscriminate, and 
haphazard diggings, road repairs md constructions that lire started without announcements and 
then are either abandoned unfinished or completed aRer an inordinate period of time. 
There seem to be no end to road diggings and excavations by both public and private 
entities and worst, there appears to be no coordination on these road works among the various 
agencies of government. It is not unusual to see the asphalting and concreting of a particular 
stretch of road by the Department of Public Works and Highways @PW€€) and then comes the 
RlwSS digging or destroying a portion of the same newly-cemented, paved or asphatted road to 
repair or lay down its water pipes. 
These road works, whether completed on time or not, invariably lead to a narrowing of 
roads and worsening of traf€ic jams, Apart also fiom causing great public inconvenience, the 
said road diggings and excavations contribute to dangerous accidents to persons and vehicles. 
Likewise, there have been several cases where children have drowned in water fitled holes 
and pedestrians fdling into gaping excavations, 
It is high time that appropriate measures be taken to prevent therecurrenceof 
such accidents and public inconvenience caused by wanton road diggings and other road works. 
This bill, therefore, is being introduced to require dl entities, whether public or 
private, to put up large billboards indicating or announcing the timetable for the stwt and 
termination of road diggings, repairs and road constructions, the same to be placed on the sites 
where such-road works-are to be mde. This way, the public would know when to expect the 
return to nomd use of the particular road in question. 
The proposed Act will cover road repairs and construction projects of the DPWTH, the 
DOTC, W S S ,  'toed government Wlits @GUS), and other agencies and instrumentalities of the 
government, as well as those road diggings undertaken by private telecommunication companies 
such as the PLDT, and utility companies,' such as gas companies undertaking underground 
works. 
The bill tasks barangay captains with the responsibility of modtorkg compliance with the 
provisions of the proposed Act and to immediately report any such violation to the oBce of the 
city/municipaI mayor concerned for appropriate action, 
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The approval of this legislati 
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TI.III4TEBNI"T CONGRESS QF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHlLWPlNES 
First Regular 
-*. . Sessiaa 
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S E N A T E  
s. No. 
Ifitrodaced by Senator MagsaysayJ Jr. 
AN ACT 
TO PREVENT WANTQN AXVI) LWIIISCRI1MNATE ROAD i"GS 
AND 
ROAD ICUEPALRS BY REQUIRING THE PWI"G UP OF CONSPICUOUS 
WORKS ANNOUNCXNG TPEE C O m N C E m N T  AND COMPLETION 
DATES TMIEIREQF, IMpOSmG PENALTIIES FOR YIQLATKDNS %33EWOF, 
AND FOR OTKER PURPOSES 
SIGNAGE oa URGE BILLBODS 
ON TBIE: srms OF SUCH ROAD 
Be it enacted by the Sewte and the House of Representatives of the Philippines irz 
Cmgress awembleii a 
SECTION 1. Any entity or fkq whethef pubtic or private, which shall undertake 
an underground digging or excavation on any national or local road in connection with a 
project, 
umiertakes any road repair or road construction project, shdl be required to 
put up on the site where such road excavations, repairs or constru&om are to be made, 
a conspicuous signage or large billboard b&cating thx: cornencement and completion 
dates of such road works. 
The signage or billboard shall dso c0qm;ain infomation on the name o€&e entity, 
firm, or office undertxking the road dig@&, repairs or constructions aad the purpose ur 
the project for which the same is being Undextaken. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall cover road diggings, repairs or constmctians undmtaken by 
the Department ofiFublic Works and Highways (DPWH), the Department of 
Traasport%ti& and Communications (DOTC), local govemment Units (LGUs), the 
Mayllllad Water System, as well as those undertaken by private entities such as the 
Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) and other telecommunication fizms, 
including gas and other utility companies undertaking underground works. 
SEC, 3. All such road diggings, repairs or constructions shall be hished and 
completed on the termiaation date stated in the billboard, 
SEC. 4. The bwangay captains of the city or municipal shd be 
responsibie for monitoring compliance with the provisions of this Act and to immediately 
report any Violations thereof to the office of the city or municipal 
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mayor concerned which shall take appropriate action in accordance with this Act. 
SEC. 5. Any violation of the provisions of this Act, including the 
abandonment or non-completion of the road digging, repair or construction 
project within the announced scheduled period of completion, shail be pmdized 
with imprisonment Fmging from one (1) month ro six (6) months, or a fine of not less than 
Ten Thousand Pesos (PlO,OOO.OO), nor not more than FiRy Thousand Pesos 
(J?50,000.00), 
or both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, Thlit if the violation is 
committed by a partnership, corporation, or association, or by an agency or 
instrumentality of the government , or by a governentiowned or controlled corporation, 
the penalty shall be imposed upon the manager, directods, or officids responsible for, or 
in charge of, the project involving the road digging repair or canstruction. 
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SEC.6, All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or 
parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repeated, mextded or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect 6fieen (15) days after its publication in the 
Oflcial Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of generd &+wlation, 
Approved,