Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVE NTH CONGRESS

rst Regular Session

BILL NO. 4270

Introduced by REP, EVELINA G. ESCUDERO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It is submitted that there is a need to define, as a matter of policy, a primary reference for
the design and installation of street and road signs, waiting sheds, speed bumps, sidewalks,
pavements and other similar infrastructures.

With the above reference, regulation will set in to promote a uniform and consistent
standard not only to maximize road safety and provide reliable instructions but also to advance
aesthetics throughout the country’s thoroughfares,

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), as the lead agency to implement
the provisions of this bill, will be better equipped with this statutory mandate in the issuances and
implementation of its Manuals not only for road signs and pavement markings, Moreover, the
specification and measurement standards will be more defined, constant and universal

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is respectfully requested.

EVELINA G. E!

“UDERO



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 4270

EP, EVELINA G. ESCUDERO

AN AC’
REGULATING STREET AND ROAD NS, WAITING SHEDS, SPEED BUMPS,
SIDEWALKS, PAVEME) STREETLIGHTS AND OTHER — SIMILAR
INFRASTRUCTURES PRESCRIBING THE SPECIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT
STANDARDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of State Policy.- The State shall promote and advance
consistency and uniformity in all its road and street networks to maximize road safety and reliable
instructions. and advance beautification,

SEC. 2. Specification and Measurement Standards. — The Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) shall set and define the specifications and measurements of all national.
provincial, city, municipal and barangay road and street signs, waiting sheds, speed bumps,
sidewalks, pavements, streetlights and other similar infrastructures which shall be made uniform
and consistent, It shall be in accord with universally accepted designs and installations applicable to
the Philippines in terms of strength, reliability and suitability taking into consideration, among
others, the availability of road safety devices

SEC. 3. Penalty ~ Any person who violates the provisions of this Act, specifically the
fications and measurements set pursuant to the immediately preceding Section shall be
subjected to a fine not exceeding Php!00,000.00,

SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations, ~The DPWH in coordination with the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall promulgate the corresponding
implementing rules and regulations of this Act within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this
Act.

5. Repeating and Amendatory Clause. ~ All laws, decrees, orders, regulations and
policies inconsistent with this Act are hereby accordingly repealed and/or amended.

SEC. 6. Separability Clause. ~ If any provision or part of this Act is held invalid ot
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 7. Effectivity, This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation or in the Official Gazette, whichever comes first

Approved,