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First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 2767

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVES SALVIO B. FORTUNO AND
FERNANDO V. GONZALEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Buhi — Lidong Road in the Provinces of
Camarines Sur and Albay respectively with a net length of 15.418 kilometers to a
national secondary road.

The said provincial road which stretches from Barangay Sagrada Junction
in the Municipality of Buhi, Province of Camarines Sur up to Barangay Lidong in
the Municipality of Polangui, Province of Albay serves as a vital alternate route to
that of Maharlika Highway and will effectively enhance its usefulness as a
secondary trunk line connecting the Municipalities of Bula, Balatan, Bato and
Nabua, all in the Province of Camarines Sur to its farthest point which is the
Municipality of Polangui in the Province of Albay.

In view of the fact that the Province of Albay is a favorite tourist destination
and convention venue in the Bicol Region and considering further the present
dominant position of the Province of Camarines Sur in the tourism industry, all its
road components must be properly paved and maintained to further encourage
local and international tourists to visit tourist destinations in these provinces.

The conversion therefore of the said provincial road into a secondary
national road will continuously make it as a vital route to be properly maintained
by the national government if only to sustain and further boosts the dominant
position of both provinces in the tourism industry. This will also greatly benefit the
people, particularly the poor residents in these remote areas as transportation of
agricultural products and other commodities will become canvenient, safe and
comfortable to the public. J

The foregoing reasons warrant the approval of this bill
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REP. SALVIO B. FORTUNO REP. FERNANDO V. GONZALEZ
Fifth District, Camarines Sur Third District\ Albay


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._2767

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVES SALVIO B. FORTUNO AND
FERNANDO V. GONZALEZ

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE BUHI - LIDONG PROVINCIAL ROAD IN THE
PROVINCES OF CAMARINES SUR AND ALBAY RESPECTIVELY TO A
NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Buhi — Lidong Road in the Provinces of Camarines Sur
and Albay respectively with a net length of 15.418 kilometers (KO 479 + 267 —
KO 494 + 685) is hereby converted and declared as a national secondary road.

SEC. 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is
hereby directed to implement this Act.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary to cover the improvement, repairs and
maintenance of the said road shall be included in the General Appropriations Act
of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete
publication in any national newspaper of general circulation

Approved,