Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

1986

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Honorables Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado and Arthur C. Yap

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘This bill seeks to convert the Junction (TER) Guindulman-Anda-Candijay Road
and Jet, (TER) Candijay-Mabini-Ubey Road in the Municipalities of Guindulman, Anda,
Candijay, Mabini and Ubay, Province of Bohol from provincial road into a national road
as vital support infrastructure to tourism destination as envisioned by the Aquino
administration. It has been approved by the House of Representatives in the 13 and 14™
Congresses,

The road network links effectively the Anda Peninsula highway with white sandy
beaches against the backdrop of lush, verdant forest and vegetation, to the port town of
Ubay. On the seascape, the Mindanao Sea glimmers with a beautiful panorama to behold.

‘The roads urged to be nationalized traverse through tourist destinations in
northeastern Bohol ~ whose seascape could match the beauty and grandeur of the
Mediterranean sea ~ with Ubay as the service area thereon under the Bohol Tourism
‘Master Plan.

‘The roads also serve highly productive agricultural areas producing rice, corn,
coconut, oil palm, cassava, comote and high value crops. Moreover, the said roads will
also provide access to the multi-industry cluster (MIC) of agribusiness such as bio-
ethanol production from seaweeds to be farmed in the five coastal towns traversed by the
road network, dairy production and meat processing, irrigated ricelands and rich fishing
grounds therein.

‘The Guindulman-Anda-Candijay-Mabini-Ubay Highway is proposed for funding
under the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) es a major
comoponent of the Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project Phase 3 (BCRIP 3)
and covered by 2 favorable Economic Re-evaluation Report of the Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH).


More importantly, the proposed BORIP 3 represents the real and genuine coastal
section of the Bohol Circumferential Road Project that will pass through the Ubay Prot,
Bohol’s gateway to Manila via the Port of Bato (Leyte) then to Allen (Northem Samar)
and Matnog (Sorsogon) onwards to Metro Manila, and Northeastern Mindanao via the
port of Maasin City (Southern Leyte) thence to Liloan Wharf (Southem Leyte) and unto
the Lipata Wharf (Surigao Del Norte) onwards to all points in Mindanao, under the
Strong Republic Nautical Highway Intermodal Transport Network

‘The conversion of the Guindulman-Ands-Candijay-Mabini-Ubay Highway will
hasten the economic development of the towns being traversed, in particular, and Bohol,
in general, as well as the over-arching national economy.

Tn the light of the foregoing considerations, approval of this bill is eamestly

a ‘AUMENTADO ‘ARTI PL

2 District Bohol 3" District - Bohol

sous


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

‘Quezon City
Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1986

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE JUNCTION (TER) GUINDULMAN-ANDA-CANDIJAY
ROAD AND CANDLJAY-MABINLUBAY ROAD FROM PROVINCIAL TO
NATIONAL ROADS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

Introduced by Honorables Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado and Arthur C. Yap

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

Section 1. The provincial roads connecting the Jet (TER) Guindulman — Anda-
Cendijay Road with a length of 35 kilometers and the ict (TER) Candijay - Mabini —
Ubay Road with a distance of 39,90 kilometers, or a total of 74.90 kilometers, are hereby
converted into national roads.

Section 2. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the
Department's program the improvement, repair and maintenance of the said roads, the
flunding of which shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act

‘Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its approval.

APPROVED.