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Republic of the Philippines _/
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES!
Quezon City |

Sixteenth Congress \e

First Regular XG,
NC
HOUSE BILL NO, 8524 Noes 4

Introduced by HON. FERDINAND L. HERNANDEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to provide for the conversion of the provincial road stretching from
Junction National Highway Barangay Punong Grande (Bo. 2), Municipality of Banga, to
Barangay Lapuz Junction National Highway (Kolambog), Municipality of Norala, located in the
province of South Cotabato, into a national road.

Roads are crucial infrastructures for progress and development, The state of their
physical condition affects not only the efficient delivery of basic goods and services, but more
importantly, the safety of the people. In South Cotabato, which is primarily an agro-industrial
province, this road serves as a major thoroughfare that provides a link to the various farm-to-
market roads that traverse vast plantations and industries owned by local and multinational
corporations. In spite of its paramount importance to agriculture, commerce and eco-tourism, this
road is still classified as a provincial road. As such, it relies solely on the provincial government
of South Cotabato for periodic repairs and maintenance. Thus, with limited funds, it is truly
lamentable that the condition of most of these roads which are under the provincial inventory
have deteriorated over the years.

The proposed nationalization of this road provides a two-fold advantage. First, this will
enable the provincial government to concentrate on the more important task of local
administration and governance as a result of the transfer of the supervision and maintenance of
this road to the Department of Public Works and Highways, Secondly, under this set up, the
required funds for the maintenance and improvement of national roads will become a regular
component of the Department of Public Works and Highways under the General Appropriations
Act.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is earnesfly requested.



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 85.24

Introduced by Representative Ferdinand L. Hernandez

AN ACT.

CONVERTING THE ROAD STRETCHING FROM JUNCTION NATIONAL
HIGHWAY, BARANGAY PUNONG GRANDE (BO. 2), MUNICIPALITY OF
BANGA, TO BARANGAY LAPUZ JUNCTION NATIONAL HIGHWAY
(KOLAMBOG) NORALA ROAD, MUNICIPALITY OF NORALA, ALL OF THE
PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The road stretching from Junction National Highway, Barangay Punong
Grande (Bo. 2), Municipality of Banga, Province of South Cotabato to Barangay Lapuz
Junction National Highway (Kolambog) Norala Road, Municipality of Norala, all of the
Province of South Cotabato as described in the technical description under the succeeding
section of this Act is hereby converted into a national road.

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

From the Bureau of Lands, Control Station no. 1 (CTS 3321) of the
Municipality of Banga, Province of South Cotabato thence to point marked one (1) of the
road with a distance of 574.41 meters, bearing N 25 °55'W, with the following lines, bearing
and distances, to wit:

LINES BEARING DISTANCE (m)
1-2 N65" 19 W 610.89
2-3 N39° 16 W 876.44
3-4 N62 17 W 387.35
4-5 N68* 12° W 186.51
5-6 N65" 54° W 383.38
6-7 N65" 14° W 341.29

78 ‘N 65°24" W 88.4


8-9 N25'16'E 411,59

9-10 N 64°58 W 162.28
10-11 N 64°52’ W 1,102.68
11-12 N78" 18" W 102.52
12-13 N 66° 59° W 302.62
13-14 N60" 55° W 284.5

14-15 N39" 10° W 866.57
15-16 N64" 47° W 876.69
16-17 N64" 38" W 349.05
17-18 N 22° 23' W 731.02
18-19 N3°33'E 217.27
19-20 N 36° 53' W 807.98
20-21 N3°31'W 371.14
21-22 N 52° 20' W 838.77
22-23 N29°9' W 409.71
23-24 N93°35' W 595.93
24-25 N58" 33° W 487.04
25-26 63° 45’ W 1,000.23
26-27 § 85°17" W 2,543.67
27-28 N65°9' W 49.92
28-29 N 22° 30° W 648.39
29-30 N5S°7 W 188.58
30-31 N 28° 25' W 343.08
31-32 N50" 59° W 106.19
32-33 N27 W 104.54
33-34 8 87°57 W 533.81
34-35 $ 85°19" W 328.19
35-36 $ 85° 60° W 506.7

36-37 $ 80° 58° W 81.23
37-38 S$ 84°32) W 1,549.56
38-39 S$ 87°16 W 736.43
39-40 S$ 84° 55° W 70.96
40-41 S 84° 60" W 666.06
41-42 $ 86° 2° W 1,942.85

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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,