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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No,__7187

INTRODUCED BY
HONORABLE CHERYL P. DELOSO-MONTALLA
Representative, 2" District, Zambales

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ZAMBALES-TARLAC ROAD VIA
PALAUIG-TARLAC-ROAD CONNECTING THE PROVINCES OF ZAMBALES AND
TARLAC TO BE KNOWN AS THE ZAMBALES-TARLAC NATIONAL HIGHWAY

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to open the Zambales-Tarla Road via the Palauig-Tarlac Road as a national
road network that will transect the eastern and western towns of Zambales and Tarlac respectively.

Zambales is a coastal province. The whole stretch of the province bordered by the West
Philippine Sea where typhoons, more often than not, exit. The province consists of only one
primary national road network, the Olongapo-Bugallion Road that traverses the entire province
from north to south. The northernmost municipality of the province, the Municipality of Sta. Cruz
is a flood prone area that becomes impassable during heavy downpour. It is connected to the
Zambales-Pangasinan Road, a primary national road network in the 1* district of Pangasinan.

The southernmost tip of Zambales is Olongapo City and is connected to the Olongapo-
Gapan Road section of Pampanga and Bataan. This city is also a flood prone and becomes
inaccessible during the typhoon season.

Recent typhoons and torrential rains wrought havoc to Zambales and adversely affect the
living condition of the people. Farmers’ crops and livestock were lost. Worst of all, the central
towns of Masinloc, Palauig, Iba, Botolan, and Cabangan became isolated because there is, at
present, no alternate route that leads to the outside of the province.

Itis for this reason therefore, that the urgent opening of the Palauig-Tarlac Road is eamestly
requested.

It is in this light that this bill is being filed and immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.

oye P. DELOSO MONTALLA
ipresentative

2" District, Zambales


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO,___ 7187

INTRODUCED BY:
HONORABLE CHERYL P. DELOSO-MONTALLA
Representative, 2" District, Zambales

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ZAMBALES-TARLAC ROAD VIA
PALAUIG-TARLAC-ROAD CONNECTING THE PROVINCES OF ZAMBALES AND
TARLAC TO BE KNOWN AS THE ZAMBALES-TARLAC NATIONAL HIGHWAY

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

SECTION 1. The Zambales-Tarlac Road via the Palauig-Tarlac Road shall be opened and
constructed under the primary supervision and control of the Department of Public Works and
Highways. This road network shall be known as the Zambales-Tarlac National Highway.

SECTION 2. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) shall endorse
the construction of the Zambales-Tarlac Road via the Palauig-Tarlac Road for funding either
through a government guarantee via the Official Development Assistance (ODA) or private sector
participation under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Scheme as a multi-year project.

The DPWH shall be responsible for the implementation and operationalization of the
Tarlac-Zambales Road via the Palauig-Tarlac Road including the feasibility and detailed
engineering studies and acquisition of site

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette.

Approved,