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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS | ea

First Regular Session; P

2694 | PL. 9

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Hon. Lorna P. Bautista-Bandigan

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE H-WAY JUNCTION-POBLACION STA. MARIA-PONGPONG-
SAN ANTONIO-MALUNGON, SARANGANI PROVINCE ROAD IN THE PROVINCE
OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The H-Way Junction-Poblacion Sta. Maria-Pongpong-San
Antonio-Malungon, Sarangani Province Road in the Province of Davao

Occidental is hereby converted into a National Road.

SECTION 2. The technical description of the road is as follows:

From the Bureau of Lands Local Monument (BLLM) of the Municipality
Sta. Maria, Davao Occidental to the beginning of the By Pass Road with a
distance of 350.009, bearing S 9 deg 42’ 16” E.


SECTION 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include
in the Department's program the 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 a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2694

House Bill No.

Introduced by: REP. LORNA BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

By virtue of Republic Act 4743 passed on June 18, 1965 the Municipality of Sta.
was created. Formerly named "Dool” which later became “Kibulan” because of the
beautiful, undulating creeks coming from the nearby spring where the residents get their
supply of water. Sta. Maria superseded the former names and it has remained so to this day.

Composed of 22 barangays, the Municipality of Sta, Maria has a total population of
51, 581 as of 2016. An agricultural area like the rest of the municipalities in Davao
Occidental, Sta. Maria in 2014 has a total production of 280.07 metric tons of rice with a
total value of Php 4,797,599.10; and in the same period has produced 3,98246 amounting to
Php 50,617,066.60. An unspecified amount of income from the cultivation of vegetables,
rootcrops, cassava and tubers as well as the raising of livestocks show that Sta. Maria has
more than enough produce to sustain the needs of its people. Selling them to nearby
barangays requires that the produce be brought as soon as possible to the nearest market.
The problem confronting the residents of the barangay is the lack of feeder roads that will
facilitate the conveyance of the agricultural produce to the market. H-Way Jct—Poblacion,
Sta, Maria—Pongpong—San Antonio—Malungon, Sarangani Province Road measuring
25.000 km. It was a combination of gravel and rough surface road that is difficult to traverse
particularly during inclement weather.

The need to have said stretch converted from a provincial to a national road will
ease the transfer of the produce from the barangay to the town centers. It will save
precious time, money and effort—all essential commodities even in this age.

Ivis for these reasons that the approval of this Bill is earnestly sought.

REP. (A BAUTISTA-BANDIGAN