Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3433

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 national development. Roads greatly
facilitate the efficient and successful conduct of commercial transactions, which 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.

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.
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.

2 District Caloocan City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 8433

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
inoluded 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 shall provide
the DPWH with coordinative and administrative support in order to ensure the efficient
maintenance of the said road.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,