Republic of the
Honse of Representatives
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _3131

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It is a truism that well-maintained roads and meticulously-planned road
networks are indispensable elements of our country’s national development. Roads
greatly facilitate the efficient and successful conduct of commercial transactions, help
in the advancement of the economy and the creation of much-needed jobs and
sources of livelihood for the Filipino people. Roads also immensely enhance the
accessibility and availability of government programs, services and facilities. It is, thus,
important that the roads which serve as the veins carrying the lifeblood of the country
must be maintained, improved and repaired to ensure their maximum utilization.

Dagat-Dagatan Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the second district of the City
of Caloocan, which is being utilized by motorists, commuters and merchants as an
access road from C3 Road to C4 Road and vice versa. It covers a distance of 1.594
kilometers and has a total of four (4) lanes covering both ways.

Considering the fact that Dagat-Dagatan Avenue links two primary arterial
national roads and several highly urbanized cities of Metro Manila, it is only imperative
that the maintenance, improvement and repair thereof should be undertaken by the
Department of Public Works and Highways. This is because the DPWH is better
equipped, both financially and technically, than the local government of Caloocan City,
Metro Manila. However, this could only be made possible if Dagat-Dagatan Avenue
were classified as a national road. It is for this reason that the present bill was
introduced seeking for the conversion and declaration of Dagat-Dagatan Avenue as a
national road.

In view of the foregoing premises, support for the immediate passage of this bill
is being earnestly solicited.

. ERICE
Representative
Caloocan City



Republic of the Philippines
Hose of Representatives
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _3131

Introduced by Representative EDGAR R. ERICE

AN ACT
CONVERTING DAGAT-DAGATAN AVENUE IN CALOOCAN CITY INTO A
NATIONAL ROAD, DECLARING IT TO BE UNDER THE PRIMARY JURISDICTION
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Dagat-Dagatan Avenue in the Second District of Caloocan City is
hereby converted into a national road, and declaring it to be henceforth under the
primary jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

SECTION 2. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall
henceforth incorporate in the Department's regular programs and schedules the
maintenance, improvement and repair of the said road, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. The Local Government Units traversed by Dagat-Dagatan
‘Avenue, namely, namely, the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Manila, all in
Metro Manila, shall provide the DPWH with coordinative and administrative support in
order to ensure the efficient maintenance of the said road.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a
national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,