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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HousE BILL No,__ 3487

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

National development requires the diligent maintenance of roads and the
proper planning of road networks, Roads pave the way for efficient and successful
commercial transactions and help in the advancement of economy and the creation
of more jobs and sources of livelihood. It is, thus, important that the country's roads
be maintained, improved and repaired to ensure their maximum utilization.

Fourth Avenue is a two-lane city road located in the second district of
Caloocan City covering a distance of 876 linear meters. Although this road is
relatively narrow, it is performing a vital role in the bustling trade of the neighbouring
Navotas Fish Port and the Manila Pier. It must be noted that a portion of the primary
arterial national thoroughfare called C3 Road, spanning from Rizal Avenue
Extension to A. Mabini Avenue, is only accessible to west-bound vehicles. This is
because the construction of the east-bound portion of C3 road is still unfinished as of
this date due to a long-standing dispute that has been pending before the courts for
decades. There being a need for a diversion road for east-bound vehicles coming
from Rizal Extension Avenue to A. Mabini Avenue, Fourth Avenue was tapped to
serve this purpose.

Considering that Fourth Avenue serves as an indispensable link to a primary
arterial national road, it is only imperative that the maintenance, improvement and
repair thereof should be undertaken by the Department of Public Works and
Highways which is better equipped, both financially and technically, than the local
government of Caloocan. This could only be done, however, if Fourth Avenue were
classified as a national road.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

“4 District Caloocan City


Republic of the hilippines

House of Representatives

Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No,_8487

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

AN ACT
CONVERTING FOURTH AVENUE IN CALOOCAN CITY INTO A NATIONAL
ROAD, DECLARING IT TO BE UNDER THE PRIMARY JURISDICTION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Fourth Avenue in the Second District of Caloocan City is
hereby converted into a national road and, declaring it to be henceforth under the
primary jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

SECTION 2. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall
henceforth incorporate in the Department's regular programs and schedules the
maintenance, improvement and repair of the said road, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. The Local Government Unit of Caloocan shall provide the
DPWH with coordinative and administrative support in order to ensure the efficient
maintenance of the said road,

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

Approved,