SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )

OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No.6.15'7

Introduced by Representatives Victor A. Yap and Carlos 0. Cojuangeo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the 25.230 — kilometer Sta. Ignacia-Guimba Road via Gerona —
Pura, which traverses Sta. Ignacia, Gerona and Pura, Province of Tarlac, into a national road. It
forms part of the provincial circumferential road network that includes fifteen (15) road arteries.

The Province of Tarlac is a predominantly agricultural area. Its overall spatial framework is
directed towards its development as the “Agro-Industrial Hub of Central Luzon” as envisioned in the
Regional Physical Development Framework. Landlocked by the four provinces of Pangasinan,
Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Zambales, Tarlac is in a strategic position to be a development takeoff
providing vital access to and from these four provinces. It is thus imperative that the road arteries in
the Province be improved and properly maintained being the critical links to the movement of goods
and services in the entire Northern Luzon. The Sta. Ignacia ~ Guimba Road via Gerona — Pura is one
such road artery. It forms part of the circumferential road network linking the various provinces in
the Northern Luzon.

While the Province of Tarlac recognizes the important role of roads in facilitating economic
and other productive endeavors, it does not have the financial capability to undertake the function of
continuous road maintenance and improvement, dependent as it is on locally generated funds. Thus,
this bill proposes the conversion of the Sta. Ignacia ~ Guimba road via Gerona-Pura into a national
road and providing funds for this purpose.

For the foregoing reasons, the immediate passage of this measure is sought.

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VI¢TOR A. YAP CARLOS 0. CO, ‘0
Second District, Province of Tarlac First District, Pro) ‘Tarlac


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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS )
OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Second Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No8197

Introduced by Representative Victor A. Yap and Carlos O. Cojuangeo

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE STA. IGNACIA-GUIMBA ROAD VIA GERONA-PURA ROAD
STRETCHING FROM BARANGAY NAMBALAN, MUNICIPALITY OF STA. IGNACIA
TO BARANGAY BUENAVISTA, MUNICIPALITY OF PURA, ALL IN THE PROVINCE
OF TARLAC INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Sta. Ignacia-Guimba Road via Gerona-Pura Road stretching from
Barangay Nambalan, Municipality of Sta. Ignacia to Barangay Buenavista, Municipality of

Pura, all in the Province of Tarlac is hereby converted into a national road.

SECTION 2. The Sta. Ignacia - Guimba Road via Gerona - Pura shall consist of the
25.230 kilometer road starting from Km 146+390.00 to km 171+620.00.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the
Department’s program and improvement, repair and maintenance of the said road, the
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,