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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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RHCEIVED BV;
SENATE
S.B. No. 2105
Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CONDITIONAL 
MATCHING GRANT TO PROVINCES FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR, 
REHABILITATION, AND IMPROVEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The most recent data reported in 2019 claims that the total Philippine road 
network spans an encompassing coverage of 233, 564.5 kilometers where 20.8% or 
48, 624 kilometers of which are National Roads under the auspices of the Department 
of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Meanwhile, 79.2% of the total Philippine road 
network are Local Roads extending for about 184, 940.5 kilometers. 12, 040.7 
kilometers of which is covered by core roads providing ease of access and direct 
linkages to the population and the establishments providing basic services and other 
facilities within the province.1 It has been highlighted in various studies that a well- 
connected local road network in good condition is pivotal to the timely movement of 
people and transport of goods, thus, is crucial to the sustained social and economic 
progress and development of localities, and ultimately, the whole country.
One of the priorities of the National Government since the devolution of 
responsibility for Local Road Management to Local Government Units (LGUs) through 
the Local Government Code of 1991 is to help address the poor state of local roads in 
the country, as a result of more than two decades of underinvestment.
A road user - whether an investor, a business person or an ordinary citizen will 
not distinguish the experience of passing through a road based on administrative 
classification. While 99% of the national road network is already concreted, it is 
therefore important to equally improve the condition of local roads along with the 
continuous improvement of national roads.
Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department. (2019). Facts and Figures: Conditional 
Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP). Accessed online through the website 
https://cpbrd.conqress.qov.ph/imaaes/PDF%20Attachments/Facts%20in%20Fiqures/FF2019- 
49_CMGP_Final.pdf.


The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the World Bank, and 
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cited in various studies the "missing middle" 
phenomenon in our roads network because of the poor quality of local roads and its 
lack of connectivity with national roads. The PIDS highlighted that underinvestment in 
local roads is brought about by various factors, including the capacities of LGUs in 
planning and budgeting and the lack of a good local road inventory.
Since 2001, funding for the maintenance, traffic management, and road safety 
devises of provincial and city roads have been provided by the National Government 
under the Special Local Road Fund (SLRF). The fund is 5% of the Motor Vehicle Users 
Charge (MVUC) or the fees collected by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from 
road users and is apportioned to cities and provinces according to their road length 
and vehicle population. However, the average fund per year per Local Government 
Unit (LGU) under SLRF only averages RIO Million, a little over half the cost of repairs 
for one kilometer of concrete road.
In 2016, a Program called "Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan ang Daan Tungo 
sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran"ox KALSADA, which in the following year transitioned 
to Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces for Road and Bridge Repair, Rehabilitation, 
and Improvement or CMGP, was developed by the Department of the Interior and 
Local Government to assist the provincial governments in upgrading and maintaining 
their provincial roads.
The CMGP Program provides funds for the repair, rehabilitation, and 
improvement of core provincial roads and bridges, and provides assistance to 
provincial governments in developing and enriching their capacities in local road 
management through coaching, mentoring, trainings, and workshops, as well as in 
developing and introducing road management systems and tools. The capacity 
development component is to ensure that the provincial governments will have 
sufficient capacity to continuously develop and maintain these roads in excellent 
condition. CMGP also ensures that the projects taken under the Program will be 
implemented in good quality. The funding for CMGP is proposed and is subject to 
approval under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) yearly.
The extent of local roads that are still in poor-to-bad condition, the recognition 
of good local road networks as a vital component for local and nationwide 
socioeconomic progress, and the perennial need of local government units for fund 
sources for road construction, improvement, and maintenance, establishes the need 
for this bill which seeks to completely and continuously fill the investment and capacity 
gap in national-local roads connectivity.


This bill institutionalizes the provision of support from the National Government 
for funding of provincial road works to all provincial governments annually, as well as 
the provision of capacity development and quality assurance measures for local road 
management so as to ensure the continuous development, improvement, and 
maintenance in optimal condition of the local road network.
The annual allocation for provincial road works and capacity development will 
augment the resources for under-provided devolved services, in this case local road 
management, and provide funding for the sustained implementation of the road works 
identified by the provincial governments in their Local Road Network Development 
Plans, and maintenance of their identified roads under their local road life cycle asset 
management document.
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this measure Is earnestly sought


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AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CONDITIONAL 
MATCHING GRANT TO PROVINCES FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR, 
REHABILITATION, AND IMPROVEMENT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
SECTION 1. Tide. - This Act shall be known as the Local Roads and Bridges 
Repair, Rehabilitation, and Improvement Act"
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State 
that Local Government Units (LGUs) shall be responsible for providing basic services 
and facilities, such as local roads and bridges, and that the higher levels of 
governments shall provide or augment such services and facilities assigned to lower 
levels of local government units when these are not made available or, if made 
available, are inadequate to meet the requirements of its inhabitants.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - The following terms shall be defined as
follows:
(a) Local Road Management refers to planning, prioritizing, and 
sustainably managing the local road network in consideration of the 
envisioned socio-economic development of the local government unit;
(b) Local Roads refer to provincial, municipal, and barangay roads or 
roads that (i) connect cities and municipalities without traversing 
national roads; (ii) connect national roads to barangays through rural 
areas; and (iii) connect to major provincial government infrastructure;
(c) Core Local Roads refer to the minimum road network required to 
support economic and social development by providing linkages 
between the majority of population and the basic services and 
facilities within the province. Core local roads also serve as the 
primary drivers of local economic growth; and
(d) Local Road Network Development Plan refers to a transparent and 
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including provincial, city, municipal, and barangay roads, that need to 
be improved or rehabilitated in the next five years to support local 
economic drivers, particularly agriculture, trade, logistics, and tourism 
hubs.
SEC. 4. Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) Program. - There 
is hereby established a regular National Government Program to be known as the 
Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) Program. The CMGP shall annually
(i) apportion funds for the repair, rehabilitation, and improvement of core 
provincial, municipal, and barangay roads and bridges by the provincial 
governments, as identified in the provinces' Local Road Network Development Plan;
(ii) provide capacity development activities and develop and roll-out systems and 
tools for the improvement of the provinces' local road management; (iii) administer 
the funds apportioned to the provincial governments; (iv) safeguard the fund 
downloaded to the provincial governments.
The CMGP shall be managed by the Department of the Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), being the national government agency that is mandated to 
strengthen local government capability for effective delivery of basic services to the 
citizenry. The principal office shall be in Metro Manila, but it may establish other 
branches or offices elsewhere in the Philippines as may be necessary or proper for 
the accomplishment of its purposes and objectives.
SEC. 5. Powers and Functions.-The. CMGP shall be a partnership program 
of the DILG and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for provincial 
governments. The aforementioned agencies shall have the following powers and 
functions:
(a)The DILG shall:
1. administer the funds and manage the operations of the CMGP 
Program;
2. monitor the provincial governments' compliance with the 
provisions of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of 
the CMGP Program, and set-up a database of the provincial 
governments' performance and accomplishments;
3. organize and develop continuing training programs, coaching, 
and mentoring for provincial governments on Local Road 
Management and Public Financial Management;
4. continuously develop tools and systems for LGUs that will 
support the continuous development and improvement of the 
management of local roads;
5. plan and implement research and development activities in the 
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6. develop a set of criteria for the annual allocation of funds 
provided by the National Government for the repair, 
rehabilitation, and improvement of local roads to be approved 
by the Program Steering Committee;
7. formulate policies that would support the efficient 
implementation and achievement of the Program's goals and 
objectives, for approval and concurrence of the Steering 
Committee;
8. forge partnerships with, and receive from any person and/or 
government and private entities, whether foreign or domestic, 
services relevant to the purpose and objectives of the Program;
9. as the lead implementor of the Program, exercise such other 
powers and functions, and perform such other acts as may be 
necessary, proper, or incidental to the attainment of the 
Program's purposes and objectives.
(b) The DBM shall:
1. issue the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) and NCA and 
coordinate with the BTr for the direct download of funds to the 
provinces;
2. assist the provincial governments in matters relevant to public 
financial management; and
3. develop tools and systems for LGUs that will support the 
continuous development and improvement in the management 
of public finances.
(c) The Provincial Governments shall:
1. undertake the implementation of provincial road works subject 
to the provisions of the implementing rules and regulations 
(IRR) of the CMGP;
2. undertake the implementation of road works on municipal and 
barangay roads as identified in the Local Road Network 
Development Plan and in coordination with the municipal and 
barangay government units;
3. provide capacity development to municipal and barangay 
governments under its territorial jurisdiction on Local Road 
Management and Public Financial Management; and
4. may undertake road works for municipalities and barangays by 
administration.
SEC. 6. CMGP Program Steering Committee. - The governance and policy 
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Program Steering Committee, which shall be composed of seven (7) members, as 
follows:
(a) The Undersecretary for Local Government of the DILG as Chairman;
(b) The Secretary General of the League of Provinces of the Philippines 
(LPP);
(c) The Undersecretary for Local Government and Regional Operations 
Group of the DBM;
(d) The Undersecretary for Budget Preparation and Execution Group of 
the DBM;
(e) The Undersecretary for Investment Programming of the National 
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA);
(f) The Undersecretary for Planning and Public-Private Partnership of the 
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); and
(g) The Executive Director of the Bureau of Local Government Finance of 
the Department of Finance (DOF).
SEC. 7. Functions and Responsibilities of the Program Steering Committee. 
-The Committee shall have the following functions:
(a) to formulate and adopt policies and measures for the management 
and operation of the Program;
(b) to promulgate rules and regulations for the discharge of its powers 
and functions and the internal operations of the CMGP Program 
Management Office, Provided, that the Chairman of the Committee 
shall exercise the power to appoint, promote, discipline, or remove 
the personnel of the CMGP Program;
(c) to oversee the financial affairs of the CMGP Program according to its 
requirements; and
(d) to 
periodically monitor and review the operations and
accomplishments of the Program.
SEC. 8. Government Coordination. - The Program Steering Committee shall 
assist, cooperate, and coordinate with other government agencies for the 
attainment of the purposes and objectives of this Act.
SEC. 9. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the 
implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General 
Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SEC. 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within thirty (30) days from 
the completion of their appointments, the Program Steering Committee shall 
convene with the existing CMGP Program Management Office and the Office of the 
Project Development Services where the Program is lodged, and shall draft the 
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implementation of this Act. The rules and regulations shall be issued within one 
hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the Committee's initial meeting.
SEC. 11. Repealing Clause.-kW laws, executive orders, presidential decrees, 
presidential proclamations, letters of instruction, rules and regulations or parts 
thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly.
SEC. 12. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, other parts of provisions hereof not affected thereby shall 
continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC. 13. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
its publication in the Official Gazette, or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation 
in the Philippines.
Approved,