Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE oan, NO. 86 78

Introduced by : Honorable Erico B. Aumentado

EXPLANATORY

Several roads constructed with funds derived from the official development assistance
(ODA) of donor countries and institutions such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) or the Japan International Cooperation Agency
(SICA), among others, are being left without maintenance and improvement due to the fact that
the provincial, municipal and barangay governments do not provide fiznding for such purpose
except in some cases where the roads are being converted into national or provincial roads, The
said LGUs, in most cases, are passing the buck to each other on the issue of the rural roads
maintenance and improvement as if no one among them has the responsibility to do so.

The infrastructures under this category are usually those ODA funded Philippine rural
road improvement projects (PRRIP), the second Philippine rural road improvement project
(SPRRIP), and the rural road network development project (RRNDP). Millions if not, billions of
pesos nationwide, have been spent for these rural roads,

Bohol is one of the provinces hosting the PRRIP, SPRRIP and the RRNDP roads which
are located in the towns of Dagohoy, Inabanga, Mabini, Carmen and Sagbayan, San Miguel and
Ubay.

In the light of the foregoing consideration, this bill seeks to direct the provincial
governments concerned to maintain and improve the aforecited ODA funded projects in the
entire Philippines specifically in provinces where these rural roads are situated because the
provincial LGUs are the ones with the biggest funds. personnel and equipment compared to the
municipal and barangay LGUs

The provincial LGUs are authorized to use their general fund and 20 percent
development fund to maintain and improve the aforecited roads. They may also leverage their
funding for counterparting or convergence with national, senatorial and congressional funds as
well as ODAs and non-government organizations, or even with the municipal and barangay
LGUs with resources for the implementation of this measure in the event, it is enacted into a law.

It must be stressed that these roads traversed through highly developed agricultural lands,
and as such, are strategic arteries in the countrysides that link to markets and national highways;
hence, vital to the economic development of the countrysides.

Wherefore, it is most re ed of the House of Representatives to approve this

bill.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 6678

AN ACT
MANDATING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PROVINCES WHERE
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) FUNDED RURAL ROAD
PROJECTS ARE LOCATED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Introduced by : Honorable Erico B. Aumentado

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

SECTION 1. The provincial governments in provinces which are situs of the Philippines
rural road development projects finded by official development assistance (ODA) are hereby
mandated to maintain and improve the said roads using the LGU’s general fund and 20 percent
development fiznd for the purpose.

SECTION 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall draw up the list of
these rural roads including, but not limited to, the Philippine rural road improvement project
(PRRIP), the second Philippine rural road improvement project (SPRRIP), and the rural road
network development project (RRNDP) financed by ODA in every province where these roads
are located.

SECTION 3. The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Department of the
Interior and Local Government shall, in consultation with the League of Provinces of the
Philippines (LPP), promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulation of this Act
within ninety (90) days from approval hereof.

SECTION 4. All laws, orders and decrees inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the President of
the Republic.

APPROVED.