Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

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House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative JOSE S. AQUINO IL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the BAAN RIVERSIDE ~ BANZA ~ GUIASAN - MAGALLANES
(AGUSAN DEL NORTE) ROAD ~ NRJ BUTUAN CITY ~ CAGAYAN DE ORO - ILIGAN ROAD
into a National Secondary Road and Appropriating Funds Therefor is conceptualized to boost economic
development of, by way of accessibility through, major areas connected by the route, Access through
the areas concerned is made possible by proper road maintenance before and after the service life or
design life of the road.

Like all structures, roads deteriorate over time brought about by accumulated damage from
vehicles, environmental effects such as thermal cracking and oxidation. Pavements are designed for an
expected service life. Virtually, all roads require some form of maintenance before they come to the
end of their service life. When pavements fails before its intended design life, which normally occur,
repair and rehabilitation costs is inevitable. There is, thus, a need to continually monitor functional
conditions and apply preventive maintenance treatments as needed to prolong the lifespan of the roads.
Failure to maintain roads properly and on time can create significant costs to society.

‘The maintenance of roads falls not only the responsibility of one but of two or more LGUs
considering the stretch of the territorial boundaries that the roads extend. There is, thus, a practical
difficulty in dealing with more than one LGU, insofar as road maintenance is concerned, as there will
be two bureaucratic components with different priorities of its own to consider, not to mention of the
tedious process of budgetary requirements of the LGUs involved. Local governments are agent of the
National Government (the latter being the principal) for the government of the territory and inhabitants
within the LGU limits. Nothing precludes, therefore, for the National Government as its principal,
through its agency, to take direct responsibility over the maintenance of roads that have significant
impact on the economies of more than one LGU. After all, a secondary road of national category forms
an important part of the national route network. The maintenance of the above road secondary to main
arterial routes by the national government through DPWH simplifies the supervisory and budgetary
process ensuring thereby the goal sought to be achieved by this bill.

‘With the purpose afore-stated, and in line with the regalian doctrine enshrined under the
Constitution that all lands 6f the public domain, natural resources or natural wealth are owned by the

State, the enactment of this bill into law is earnestly requested.

JOSE S. AQUINO TL ~
Representative
1" District, Agusan del Norte



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative JOSE S. AQUINO II

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE BAAN RIVERSIDE-
BANZA —GUIASAN, MAGALLANES (AGUSAN DEL NORTE ) ROAD ~ NRJ
BUTUAN CITY — CAGAYAN DE ORO - ILIGAN ROAD INTO A NATIONAL,
SECONDARY ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The Baan Riverside - Banza ~ Guiasan - Magallanes ( Agusan del
Norte Road) is hereby converted into a National Secondary Road under the supervision of
the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

SECTION 2. The Secretary of the DPWH shall include in the department’s program
the improvement, maintenance and repair of the said road, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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

Approved,