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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by Representative Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The bill seeks to legislate a 30-year National Transportation Infrastructure 
Program. It shall be entitled as “The Future of Mobility in the Philippines 2045 
Act.” The year 2045 marks the 100th anniversary of the country’s liberation from 
Japanese occupation. At that point, majority of the vital projects legislated under 
this measure must have been completed as part of our roadmap for transportation 
infrastructure. 
The perennial problem in the country is the difficulty in planning and 
implementing major infrastructure programs which involve multi-year 
implementation. Various sectors are affected by this difficulty including the 
transportation sector. Multiple changes are being implemented on government 
plans for infrastructure over the years. Thus, it makes it more grueling to meet 
the goals of the long-term plans being set for the country. 
Major infrastructure projects are usually complex and capital-intensive 
which often need adequate planning and efficient implementation. Elections and 
changes in the administration of the country every so often can put a stop in the 
process of planning and implementing these major infrastructure projects. At 
times, these vital and necessary projects are put on hold or, assuming the worst 
case scenario, be ultimately cancelled.  
The measure aims to provide a solution to this problem by adopting a long-
term development program which indicates the specific projects that are needed 
to be implemented. The program covers at least 30 years, from the years 2023-
2052. By legislating these projects and providing guidelines for planning and 
implementation, we can ensure that there is continuity even if political changes 
ensue especially changes in national leadership. The measure aims to encourage 
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stakeholders from the private sector through long-term plans which embody 
continuity, predictability and stability. 
The measure provides a list of core projects to be implemented between 
2023 and 2052. It may be updated every five years by the National Economic 
Development Authority (NEDA), in coordination with the Oversight and 
Implementing Agencies. NEDA shall also be primarily responsible for 
formulating the details of the infrastructure program. To ensure funding, the 
NEDA and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall ensure that 
the total budget allocation by the Government for the program shall be at least 
five percent (5%) of the Gross Domestic Product. 
In view thereof, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
EDGAR MARY S. SARMIENTO 
Representative, 1st District Samar 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by Representative Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento 
AN ACT ADOPTING A 30-YEAR NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM   
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as “The Future of 
Mobility in the Philippines 2045 Act” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to provide an 
efficient transportation infrastructure system to promote sustainable and 
inclusive economic growth and sound quality of life for all Filipinos. For this 
purpose, there is a need for the Government to adopt a Long-Term National 
Transportation Infrastructure Program that will provide the framework over the 
next 30 years for the systematic and continuing development - across 
Government Administrations - of essential transport facilities in the country.  
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. – The following terms as used in this Act are 
defined as indicated: 
a. Infrastructure – refers to the basic physical facilities, for use by the
public, that underlie and enable, sustain, and enhance the economic and
social development of the country. Infrastructure includes transport,
energy, water resources, information and communications technology,
social infrastructure systems, and other basic overhead facilities.
b. Transport infrastructure – refers to (i) roads, including bridges,
tunnels, grade separation, and related structures, (ii) rail, bus rapid transit
and other mass transport systems, including subways, fixed facilities,
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and rolling stock, (iii) ports, including terminals and navigation 
facilities, (iv) airports, including terminals and navigation facilities, and 
(v) intermodal transport facilities, including terminals. 
 
c. Core infrastructure projects – refer to projects in the 30-Year National 
Infrastructure Program with the highest priority in terms of national 
significance and impact.   
 
SEC. 4. Adoption of 30-Year National Infrastructure Program. - There is 
hereby adopted a 30-Year National Transportation Infrastructure Program for 
the Philippines for the Years 2023-2052. This Program consists of major 
infrastructure projects of the National Government (NG) to be implemented by 
the concerned National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Government-Owned 
and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) as provided under their respective 
charters, including projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) schemes and 
partnerships with Local Government Units (LGUs).  
 
SEC. 5. Policies and Strategies. - The 30-Year National Transportation 
Infrastructure Program through its component projects shall pursue the 
following national development policies and strategies of the Government: 
 
1. Ensure that the Program consists of projects of national significance 
which are consistent with the National Physical Framework Plan and 
Land Use Plan, as well as with Regional Development Plans.  
 
2. Select, prioritize, and phase the projects in the program based on the 
following principles: 
 
a) Effectiveness in meeting government objectives. 
b) Economic feasibility and impact. 
c) Social inclusion. 
d) Environmental sustainability. 
e) Safety. 
f) Security 
g) Affordability. 
h) Public access. 
i) Technical readiness for implementation.  
 
3. Encourage private sector participation in the planning, development, 
financing, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of 
infrastructure.  
 


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4. Ensure infrastructure asset preservation. 
 
5. Incorporate climate change adaptation and disaster resilience 
measures, as well as updated strength, safety, health, and 
environmental standards, in the design and construction of 
infrastructure projects, especially against powerful/disastrous 
typhoons, floods, earthquakes, fires, volcanic eruptions, landslides, 
and other hazards.  
 
6. Intensify infrastructure-related research and development. 
 
7. Give priority to multi-sectoral, multi-modal and area-wide 
development projects to take advantage of their synergistic effects. 
 
8. Ensure that projects cover complete functional structure, and provide 
for continuity in funding and implementation of multi-year projects 
up to their completion. Civil Service Employees from the NGAs, 
LGUs, GOCCs, and other government instrumentalities with the 
technical expertise should be highly involved in the planning and 
implementation of the project to ensure continuity amidst the 
changes among appointed government officials. The Civil Service 
Employees shall ensure the seamless transition once there is a change 
in government administration. 
 
9. Develop a national transport system with the following 
characteristics: efficient in facilitating mobility, safe, economical, 
accessible, affordable, environmentally sustainable, user-oriented, 
reliable, convenient, integrated, and seamless. 
 
10. Establish a strategic national transport network consisting of 
complementary roads, rail, ports, and airports that serve medium and 
long-distance high-density traffic between key cities and 
municipalities, economic hubs, international gateways, or along 
major corridors in urban centers. The configuration of the network 
should fit into and influence the desired spatial development pattern 
under the National Physical Framework Plan. 
 
11. Plan and implement transport projects within the context of the entire 
supply chain and logistics to link production areas with processing, 
warehousing, transport and transshipment hubs, and markets.  
 


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12. Focus the role of the Government in infrastructure provision, policy 
formulation, planning, safety and environmental regulations, 
supervision, and monitoring of projects and operations, rather than 
as a direct provider of transport services which shall generally be 
assigned to the private sector. 
 
13. Optimize the use of funds through efficient transport infrastructure 
maintenance and asset management before considering additional 
investments. 
 
14. Make use of the comparative advantages and interconnectivity of the 
different transport modes and provide for healthy competition within 
and between transport modes to increase productivity, lower costs 
and user charges, and improve services.  
 
15. Apply the user-pays principle for cost recovery where it is 
appropriate. 
 
16. Improve road-based transport to address traffic congestion through 
engineering, enforcement, and education.  
 
17. Encourage shift from private to public transport, especially on mass 
transport.  
 
18. Improve the operational efficiency of airports and address constraints 
to their optimal capacity utilization.  
 
19. Improve port facilities to ensure that inter-island shipping, including 
a stronger roll-on roll-off (RORO) network, is a viable option for 
transporting people and cargo. 
 
20. Strengthen transport infrastructure to support agriculture, tourism, 
trade and industry.  
 
SEC. 6. Core National Infrastructure Projects. - The 30-Year National 
Transportation Infrastructure Program shall give priority to the following initial 
list of core transportation infrastructure projects: 
 
1. Road Transport: 


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a) Inter-regional and regional roads and expressways in major road 
transport corridors of the country: 
 
1) North Luzon Expressway to Ilocos Region. 
2) North Luzon East Expressway to Cagayan Valley. 
3) Central Luzon East-West Links: Nueva Ecija-Tarlac, Tarlac-
Zambales.   
4) South Luzon Expressway to Bicol Region, along the Pan-
Philippine Highway Corridor. 
5) Luzon Eastern Seaboard Highway, Sta. Ana, Cagayan-
Atimonan, Quezon. 
6) Dalton Pass East Alignment Alternative Road. 
7) Laguna Lake Circumferential Expressway. 
8) Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway.  
9) Luzon 
Iconic 
Bridge 
Projects 
for 
Socioeconomic 
Development. 
10) Panay Expressway, Iloilo-Roxas-Malay. 
11) Negros Occidental Expressway, Silay-Kabankalan.  
12) Samar-Leyte Expressway along the Pan-Philippine Highway 
Corridor. 
13) Mindanao North-South Expressway along the Pan-
Philippine 
Highway. 
Corridor, 
Surigao-Davao-General 
Santos-Cotabato-Zamboanga City. 
14) Northern Mindanao East-West Expressway, Butuan-
Cagayan de Oro-Iligan-Pagadian. 
15) Central Mindanao Expressway, Cagayan de Oro-Bukidnon-
Davao City.  
16) Davao City Coastal Road. 
17) Road Network Development Project in Conflict-Affected 
Areas in Mindanao. 
18) Major inter-island bridges/links - Bataan-Cavite, Batangas-
Mindoro, Sorsogon-Samar, Panay-Guimaras-Negros, 4th 
Cebu-Mactan, Cebu-Negros, Samal-Davao City. 
19) Major RORO systems: Eastern, Central, and Western 
Networks. 
 
b) Metropolitan and urban road and expressway systems: 
 
1) Metropolitan Manila Circumferential 5 Southlink Expressway.  
2) Metropolitan Manila Circumferential 6 Expressway. 
3) Metropolitan Cebu Expressway. 


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4) Bohol Bypass Road. 
5) Metropolitan Davao Expressway. 
6) Metropolitan Manila Logistics Network, particularly Bridges. 
 
2. Rail and Other Mass Transport: 
 
a) Long-haul rail systems: 
 
1) Manila to Clark Airport and other parts of North Luzon. 
2) Manila to the Bicol Region. 
3) Subic-Clark Railway. 
4) Mindanao 
Rail 
Network, 
Tagum-Davao-Digos, 
with 
extensions to Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, Iligan, 
Surigao and Zamboanga. 
 
b) Urban commuter rail systems: 
 
1) Metro Manila Subway, San Jose del Monte-Quezon City-
Makati-Taguig-Pasay-Paranaque-Las Pinas-Dasmarinas. 
2) North-South Commuter Rail, Malolos-Calamba. 
3) Light Rail Transit (LRT) 6, Bacoor-Dasmarinas. 
4) Mass Rail Transit (MRT) 4, Ortigas-Taytay. 
5) C5 
MRT 
10, 
Ninoy 
Aquino 
International 
Airport-
Commonwealth Ave, Quezon City. 
6) MRT-11, EDSA-Quirino-San Jose del Monte. 
7) Cebu Monorail Transit, Central and Airport Lines.  
 
c) Urban bus transit systems and other projects: 
  
1) Metro Manila Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line 1, Quezon Ave-
España. 
2) Metro Manila EDSA BRT. 
3) EDSA Greenways Project. 
4) Intelligent Transport System for Mega Manila. 
5) Cebu BRT. 
6) Davao Public Transport Modernization Project. 
  
3. Ports 
 
a) Batangas and Subic Ports to complement Manila Ports. 
b) Iloilo Port. 
c) Cebu Container Port. 


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d) Davao Sasa Port. 
e) General Santos Port. 
 
4. Airports 
 
a) Mega Manila Airport System. 
 
1) Improved Ninoy Aquino International Airport. 
2) Bulacan Airport. 
3) Sangley Airport. 
 
b) Regional Airports: 
 
1) Puerto Princesa. 
2) Iloilo. 
3) Kalibo. 
4) Bacolod-Silay. 
5) New Bohol (Panglao). 
6) New Zamboanga. 
7) Laguindingan. 
8) Davao. 
 
5. Intermodal Transport 
 
Terminals for interface of buses/other modes in Metropolitan Manila, 
Metropolitan Cebu, Metropolitan Davao, and high-density urban 
areas. 
 
6. Support for Alternative Modes of Transportation  
 
a) Elevated walkways 
b) Bicycle lanes and other support facilities for cyclists 
 
As provided in Section 7 of this Act, the initial list of core national infrastructure 
projects in this Section may be updated by the NEDA, to reflect changes in 
development policies, in economic, physical and social and social conditions, 
and in the status of the projects in the Program, among other factors.  
   
SEC. 7. Responsibility for Formulation and Updating of the Detailed 30-
Year Program. - Pursuant to the policies, strategies, and other provisions in this 
Act, the NEDA shall, in coordination with the concerned Oversight and 
Implementing Agencies, be responsible for the formulation of the details of the 


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30-Year National Transportation Infrastructure Program, divided into six phases 
of five years each, including their component projects with their respective 
descriptions, scopes, cost estimates, schedules, financing and implementation 
modalities, and Implementing Agencies. The extent to which the projects in the 
Program meet the policies and strategies provided in Section 5 of this Act shall 
generally determine their priority and schedule of implementation 
 
In coordination with the concerned Agencies, the NEDA shall review and update 
the 30-Year National Infrastructure Program once every five years, or oftener if 
necessary, taking into account changes in development policies, in economic, 
physical and social conditions, and in the status of the projects in the Program, 
among other factors.  
 
In all updates of the Program, priority shall be given to the core infrastructure 
projects identified in this Act and in such updates.  
 
SEC. 8. Minimum Budget Allocation for Infrastructure. -  The NEDA and 
the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall see to it that the total 
annual budget allocation by the Government for the 30-Year National 
Infrastructure Program is at least five percent (5%) of the Gross Domestic 
Product.     
 
SEC. 9. Project Financing and Implementation Modalities. – The projects 
under the 30-Year National Infrastructure Program may be implemented by the 
concerned Agencies under the following generic modalities in accordance with 
the criteria indicated: 
 
Modality 
Financing 
Design 
Construction 
Operation 
and 
Maintenance 
(O&M) 
General 
Criteria 
A:  
Conventional 
Scheme  
NG for 
Design, 
Construction, 
O&M, 
including 
ROW 
NG - by itself 
or through a 
Private 
Designer  
NG - by itself 
or through a 
Private 
Construction 
Contractor 
NG - by itself 
or through a 
Private O&M 
Contractor  
For non-
financially 
viable (but 
economically 
feasible) 
projects 
B:  
Design-Build 
(DB) Scheme 
NG for 
Design, 
Construction, 
O&M, 
Private DB  
Contractor 
Private DB 
Contractor 
NG - by 
itself or 
through a 
Private 
For non-
financially 
viable 
projects 
where 


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including 
ROW 
O&M 
Contractor  
alternative 
DB 
technologies 
are feasible  
C:  
PPP Scheme 
NG for ROW 
and Subsidy; 
Private PPP 
Concessionaire 
for Design, 
Construction, 
O&M 
Private PPP 
Concessionaire 
Private PPP 
Concessionaire 
Private PPP 
Concessionai
re 
For 
financially 
viable 
projects; with 
recovery of 
capital and 
O&M costs 
from user 
charges 
D:  
NG-LGU 
Partnership 
NG for 
Design and 
Construction; 
LGU for 
ROW/ O&M 
NG – by itself 
or through a 
Private 
Designer  
NG - by itself 
or through a 
Private 
Construction 
Contractor 
LGU for 
O&M 
For non-
financially 
viable 
projects 
where LGUs 
provide day-
to-day service   
 
NG and LGU financing may include foreign funding in the form of loans and 
grants from Official Development Assistance (ODA) sources. 
 
In addition to these generic project implementation modalities, the NEDA, in 
coordination with the Department of Finance and other Oversight and 
Implementing 
Agencies, 
may 
authorize 
other 
appropriate 
project 
implementation modalities, including variants of these generic modalities, as 
deemed feasible and suitable to the specific circumstances and requirements of 
the projects at hand. 
 
SEC. 10.  Basis for Medium-Term and Annual Programming and 
Budgeting. – Based on the 30-Year National Infrastructure Program, the 
Implementing Agencies shall formulate their respective Medium-Term 
Infrastructure Programs, which are to be integrated into the overall National 
Medium-Term Infrastructure Programs and the Medium-Term Philippine 
Development Plan to be crafted by the NEDA.  
 
Based on the 30-Year National Infrastructure Program, the Implementing 
Agencies shall prepare their Annual Infrastructure Budgets (AIBs), which are to 
be integrated into the proposed Annual National Expenditure Programs (NEPs) 
to be prepared by the DBM, for submission to the Congress as the basis of the 


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annual General Appropriations Acts (GAAs). The Implementing Agencies and 
the DBM shall see to it that the core projects in the 30-Year National 
Infrastructure Program are given priority in the AIBs and NEPs.  
 
Based on the 30-Year National Infrastructure Program and the approved GAAs, 
the DBM shall issue the necessary Multi-Year Contracting Authority (MYCA) 
to cover the total cost of each project whose implementation will span several 
years. The DBM shall provide the corresponding annual cash requirements of 
the projects covered by the MYCA in the NEPs.  
 
SEC. 11.  Use of Applicable Modern Technology for Project 
Implementation. – To achieve efficiency and transparency, projects in this 
Program shall be procured through electronic online systems, covering the 
submission and evaluation of bids.  
 
For effective management of the projects, Implementing Agencies shall use the 
Building Information Modeling (BIM) or similar applicable automated 
management tools that can visualize, simulate, track, and help optimize the 
performance of a particular infrastructure in five dimensions - namely, length, 
width, height, time, and cost - throughout the lifecycle of the project, from 
planning and design, through procurement and construction, to operation and 
maintenance. 
 
SEC. 12. Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). – Within sixty (60) 
days from the approval of this Act, a Committee, composed of the following 
officials, shall prepare the IRR for the proper implementation of the provisions 
of the Act.  
a. The Secretary of Economic Planning and Director General of the NEDA 
as Chairman. 
b. All Members of the NEDA Infrastructure Committee as Members. 
 
In preparing the IRR, the Committee shall consult with major stakeholders from 
the concerned private sectors, business groups, LGUs, community organizations, 
and Non-Government Organizations, among others.  
 
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or 
amended accordingly. 
 
SEC. 14. Effectivity. –This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
its publication in the Official Gazette. 
 


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Approved,