EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session                       
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SENATE  
 
S.B. No. ____ ___ 
 
 
Introduced by SENATOR EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO 
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AN ACT ADOPTING A 30-YEAR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN 
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
The Philipines needs a safe,  efficient, and accessible national infrastructure system  to sustain 
the  inclusive socio-economic development of its citizens and  realize the long-term vision for the 
country. Under Ambisyon Natin 2040, the country is aiming to become a progressive, predominantly  
middle-class nation, where Filipinos are more intelligent and are able to enjoy a healthier life while 
living in a high-confidence society. 
 
Considering that most major infrastructure facilities are  capital-intensive, their development  
and execution taking several years, and that their lifespan covers only at least two decades, it behooves 
the country  to adopt a long-term development program for national infrastructure covering at least 30 
years. This will  better rationalize the traditional medium-term and annual programs. This long-term 
master plan will provide  continuity in the development and implementation of the projects in the 
program, across Administrations. The Master Plan will serve as  the  framework for the desirable  
locations, scopes, linkages, and timing  of public and private investments in major infrastructure in 
the country over the next three decades. It will serve as a reliable and predictable road map for the 
construction industry, investors, entrepreneurs, and associated sectors in carrying out their long-term 
business plans and decisions.    
 
The need for a long-term plan is further underscored by the  the recent succession  of destructive 
typhoons and floods, and with the recent devastation from the  COVID pandemic, this calls  for 
strategic infrastructure projects based on an overall long-range program so as to better use limited 
resources for  more effective and lasting engineering and related measures to mitigate losses from 
these calamities.   
 
This bill, therefore, institutionalizes a 30-Year National Infrastructure Master Plan for the 
Philippines for 2023-2052. The Program covers major infrastructure projects of the National 
Government in the fields of transport, energy, water resources, information and communications 
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technology (ICT), and social infrastructure, including projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 
arrangements and partnerships with Local Government Units (LGUs). In addition, this measure will 
institutionalize the “Build! Build! Build!” plan of the Administration which ushers in the "Golden 
Age of Infrastructure." This plan seeks to accelerate infrastructure spending and support industries 
that will yield robust development, create jobs and improve the lives of Filipinos. Its ultimate goals 
are to reduce poverty, encourage economic growth, and reduce congestion. 
 
 
In view of the foregoing, early approval of this bill is requested. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
               
     EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO