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

16" Congress
First Regular Session

House BillNo,__ 2842

Introduced by Honorable Sergio A. F. Apostol

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The island and province of Leyte, populated nearly by a million inhabitants, is unfortunately
a depressed area. Despite its natural resources, potential and ideal climate, productivity is very
low, leaving much to be desired, principally owing to the deplorable lack of reliable national road
complex to facilitate the safe and easy transport of people and products to ports and markets in
and out of the area, and its vital access to and linkage with the main highways of the region.

This bill proposes to convert Romualdez-Mac Arthur-Liwayway-Danao provincial road in the
Municipality of Mac Arthur, Province of Leyte into a national road. A design calculated to effect the
purposeful at last of an all weather national road network throughout Leyte, even if maintained
merely as gravel but standard national secondary roads, while at the same time relieving the funds
~ starved Provincial Government of the duty it can hardly comply with to repair or to rehabilitate
and to improve and maintain them. Considering the scarce budget resources now available, these
are the only access road in Leyte so far specially chosen for such declaration and conversion, along
the imperative need to serve populated areas and likewise cut through rich, rural agricultural
country, thereby hastening the economic development of those depressed communities.

With the passage of this measure, ensuring as it proposes to achieve not only completion
of such vital infrastructure but also their proper, effective maintenance improvement, the
disappointments, even disillusionment of our people in that part of the country will then be
nothing but a thing of the past. Approval of the bill is therefore earnestly sought.

HON. SERG{O A. F, APOSTOL
tative
Secorfd District, Leyte


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

16" Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No,__ 2842

Introduced by Honorable Sergio A. F. Apostol

AN ACT CONVERTING ROMUALDEZ-MAC ARTHUR-LIWAYWAY-DANAO PROVINCIAL ROAD
INTO A NATIONAL ROAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAC ARTHUR, PROVINCE OF LEYTE,
AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Romualdez-Mac Arthur-Liwayway-Danao provincial road in the
Municipality of Mac Arthur, Province of Leyte is hereby converted into a national road.

SECTION 2. The amount necessary for the completion of the construction of said road shall
be charged to existing appropriations of the Department of Public Works and Highways intended
for constructing new national roads, and those needed for their improvement and maintenance
shall continue to be funded out of the lump sum appropriations authorized by law for the repair
and maintenance of local roads until such time when improvement and maintenance funds for said
roads shall have been provided for in succeeding Appropriations Acts.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,