Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila x
‘TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
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Introduced by Representative JESUS R. MARQUEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to rename a part of the 47.587 kilometer-stretch of the Kalibo Highway
as “Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo Highway”. This proposed measure honors the legacy of
the late Congressman Quimpo and his contributions to the Province of Aklan. The same
measure was successfully approved on Third and Final Reading by the House of
Representatives during the 17th, 18th, and 19th Congresses, having been originally filed by
former Congressman Carlito S, Marquez.

Former Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo, who served as Vice Mayor of Kalibo,
Province of Aklan from 1980 to 1988 and consequently served as Mayor of the capital town
from 1988 to 1992 before he represented the Lone District of Aklan for three (3) consecutive
terms from 1992-2001.

He was an acknowledged political icon who reigned over the political, social and
economic landscape of Aklan during his time. He transformed the province into a progressive
one and spattered the lives of countless Aklanons in many generations but also significantly
underwrote to the development of the nation and many generations of Filipinos when he
predominantly authored or co-authored several landmark legislations and passed into law
various measures of national relevance, extent, implication and impact and which
revolutionized and rationalized social order in basic and higher education and skills
development.

Until his death on December 14, 2016, Atty. Quimpo was highly esteemed and well-
admired not only for his sterling record as a public servant but also for his toil for
environmental fortification and sustainable development through his famed Kalibo Mangrove
Reforestation Project (Bakhawan Eco-Park).

The Kalibo-Altavas Road traversing the towns of Kalibo, Banga, Balete, Batan and
Altavas was still known as the “abortion road” for commuters and for the transport of products

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and goods until such instance that Cong. Quimpo expedited the release of funding
requirements for the upgrading and complete cement-paving of the entire segment of the road
which is now known as the Kalibo Highway. The unrelenting efforts of Atty. Quimpo greatly
eased the undertaking of people and goods that played a major role in the rapid economic
development of the province.

‘The proposed Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway is only part of the
47-587 kilometer-stretch of the Kalibo Highway starting from the Kalibo-Banga-New
Washington Junction at Barangay Andagao, Kalibo all the way to the Aklan-Capiz boundary
in Altavas town traversing the towns of Banga, Balete and Batan and the barangays along the
route,

For a man who has offered his life to make a divergence in the life of every Aklanon and
to the entire nation, there exists an imperative need to perpetuate and immortalize his
rumination so that his noble acts and deeds in the service of humanity may serve as living

examples worthy of emulation by grateful people.

For the foregoing reason, immediate passage of this bill is urgently sought.

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IN. JEGUS “Jess7R. MARQUEZ


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

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4 06

Introduced by Representative JESUS R. MARQUEZ

AN ACT
RENAMING THE KALIBO-BANGA- BALETE-BATAN-ALVATAS NATIONAL
ROAD WHICH IS PART OF THE KALIBO HIGHWAY, STRETCHING FROM THE
NUMANCIA-KALIBO BOUNDARY AT BARANGAY LAGUINBANUA IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF NUMANCIA, TRAVERSING BARANGAYS POBLACION,
ANDAGAO, ESTANCIA, TIGAYON AND LINABUAN NORTE IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF KALIBO, BARANGAYS LINABUAN SUR, JUMARAP,
MAMBOG, POBLACION, TABAYON, LIBAS, AND VENTURANZA IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF BANGA, BARANGAYS FULGENCIO, FELICIANO, CALIZO,
MORALES, POBLACION, CORTES AND ARANAS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BALETE, BARANGAYS LALAB AND CABUGAO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BATAN, BARANGAYS CABUGAO, LINAYASAN, ODIONG, POBLACION, MAN-
UP, CABANGILA, UP TO THE CAPIZ-AKLAN BOUNDARY IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF ALTAVAS, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN, AS
‘CONGRESSMAN ALLEN SALAS QUIMPO NATIONAL HIGHWAY’

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

SECTION 1. The Kalibo-Banga-Balete-Batan-Altavas National Road which is part
of the Kalibo Highway, stretching from the Numancia-Kalibo boundary at Barangay
Laguinbanua in the Municipality of Numancia, traversing barangays Poblacion, Andagao,
Estancia, Tigayon, and Linabuan Norte in the Municipality of Kalibo; barangays Linabuan
Sur. Jumarap, Mambog, Poblacion, Tabayon, Libas, and Venturanza in the Municipality
of Banga; barangays Fulgencio, Feliciano, Calizo, Morales, Poblacion, Cortes, and Aranas
in the Municipality of Balete; barangays Lalab and Cabugao in the Municipality of Batan;
barangays Cabugao, Linayasan, Odiong, Poblacion, Man-up, Cabangila, up to the Capiz~
Aklan boundary in the Municipality of Altavas, all in the Province of Aklan, is hereby
renamed as Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway.

The west section of Kalibo Highway, comprising the Kalibo Numancia Bridge,

Roxas Avenue, Mabini Street, and D. Maagma Street, shall not be a part of the


Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway.
SEC. 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall issue the necessary
rules, orders and circulars to implement the provisions of this Act within sixty (60) days
from its effectivity.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,