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

16" CONGRESS
1" Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No,_2782

Introduced by: HON. AILEEN C. RADAZA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to create the Lapu-Lapu City Lone Engineering District of the Department
of Public Works and Highways.

The highly-urbanized City of Lapu-Lapu is now regarded as a major tourism hub in the
Visayas and in the country with its serene beaches and world class hotels and resorts. It is the
home of the internationally acclaimed hotel resorts such as the Shangrila Mactan Resort and Spa
and the Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, to name a few, In fact, in the last five years, the City saw
the exponential growth of the tourism industry facilities that has made the City the most sought
after tourism destination and business venues in the country outside Metro Manila,

The City is also home to three economic zones, the Mactan Economic Zone I and II and
the Cebu Light Industrial Park, The City’s flagship infrastructure project, the Mactan North
Reclamation and Development Project, will definitely bring about huge economic impact on the
City in particular and in the Visayas in general, thus the need to ensure that an Engineering
District that would focus its efforts and concentration to ensure that our infrastructure support
‘would keep at pace with this unprecedented growth of the City.

With this at hand, Lapu-Lapu City is more than ever determined to jumpstart
infrastructure and public works development to ensure that our investors as well as o
constituents would be better equipped in addressing the unavoidable transformation of the City
into a modern urban center in the next few years. Yet, a perceived stumbling block however is
that the existing engineering district where Lapu-Lapu City belongs ~ the sixth engineering
district of Cebu — is situated at the heart of Cebu City and is its efforts are being taken up by other
LGUs under its umbrella, thus diluting its resources to address the pressing needs of the City.

There is therefore a need to create the Lapu-Lapu City lone district engineering office,
which will not only ensure swift implementation of public works projects in the city, but also
secure the City and our country's topnotch status as a world-class tourism and business
destination. Approval of this Bill is hence urgently sought.

AILEI Mims


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

16" CONGRESS
1" Regular Session

ILL NO. 2782

HON. AILEEN C. RADAZA

AN ACT.
ESTABLISHING THE LAPU-LAPU CITY LONE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
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. There shall be established a new district engineering office in Lapu-Lapu
City to be known as the Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Engineering Office of the Department of
Public Works and Highways.

SECTION 2. The site of the Lapu-Lapu City Lone
located in Lapu-Lapu City.

t Engineering Office shall be

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways is hereby authorized to
appropriate the necessary sum out of the unallocated funds and/or savings or contingency fund of
the Department to carry out the immediate implementation of this Act, and forthwith, transfer the
records, property, equipment, supplies, and materials pertaining to the jurisdiction and
administration of the engineering District in accordance with the existing laws and regulations,

TION 4, Thereafter, the funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall

be included in the annual General Appropriations Act

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon

approval

Approved,