Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. * 425

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This refiled bill seeks to rename a part of the 47.587 kilometer-stretch of the Kalibo
Highway as Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo Highway. In the 18th Congress, this was
approved and passed by the House on Third and Final Reading on 27 January 2020 and
was both transmitted to and received by the Senate on 28 January 2020.

Former Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo, who served as Vice Mayor of Kalibo,
Province of Aklan from 1980 to 1988 and consequently served as Mayor of the capital
town from 1988 to 1992 before he represented the Lone District of Aklan for three (3)
consecutive terms from 1992-2001.

He was an acknowledged political icon who reigned over the political, social and
economic landscape of Aklan during his time. He transformed the province into a
progressive one and spattered the lives of countless Aklanons in many generations but
also significantly underwrote to the development of the nation and many generations of
Filipinos when he predominantly authored or co-authored several landmark legislations
and passed into law various measures of national relevance, extent, implication and
impact and which revolutionized and rationalized social order in basic and higher
education and skills development.

Until his death on December 14, 2016, Atty. Quimpo was highly esteemed and well-
admired not only for his sterling record as a public servant but also for his toil for
environmental fortification and sustainable development through his famed Kalibo
Mangrove Reforestation Project (Bakhawan Eco-Park).

The Kalibo-Altavas Road traversing the towns of Kalibo, Banga, Balete, Batan and
Altavas was still known as the “abortion road” for commuters and for the transport of
products and goods until such instance that Cong. Quimpo expedited the release of
funding requirements for the upgrading and complete cement-paving of the entire

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The proposed Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway is only part of
the 47.587 kilometer-stretch of the Kalibo Highway starting from the Kalibo-Banga-New
Washington Junction at Barangay Andagao, Kalibo all the way to the Aklan-Capiz
boundary in Altavas town traversing the towns of Banga, Balete and Batan and the
Darangays along the route.

Fora man who has offered his life to make a divergence in the life of every AKlanon
and to the entire nation, there exists an imperative need to perpetuate and immortalize
his rumination so that his noble acts and deeds in the service of humanity may serve as

living examples worthy of emulation by grateful people.

For the foregoing reason, immediate passage of this bill is urgently sought.

HON. CARLITP “Lito” S. MARQUEZ


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

425

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

AN ACT

RENAMING THE KALIBO-BANGA-BALETE-BATAN- ALTAVAS NATIONAL
ROAD WHICH IS PART OF THE KALIBO HIGHWAY. STRETCHING FROM
THE NUMANCIA-KALIBO BOUNDARY AT BARANGAY LAGUINBANUA IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF NUMANCIA. TRAVERSING BARANGAYS
POBLACION. ANDAGAO. ESTANCIA. TIGAYON. AND LINABUAN NOTE IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF KALIBt BARANGAYS LINABUAN SUR.
JUMARAP. MAMBOG. POBLACION. TABAYON. LIBAS. AND VENTURANZA
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANGA: BARANGAYS FULGENCIO.
FELICIANO, CALIZO. MORALES. POBLACION. CORTES. AND ARANAS IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALETE: BARANGAYS LALAB AND CABUGAO IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATAN: BARANGAYS CABUGAO. LINAYASAN.
ODIONG. POBLACION, MAN-UP. CABANGILA. UP TO TIE CAPIZ-AKL.AN
BOUNDARY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALTAVAS. ALL IN THE PROVINCE
OF AKLAN. AS CONGRESSMAN ALLEN SALAS QUIMPO NATIONAL
HIGHWAY

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

SECTION 1. The Kalibo-Banga-Balete-Batan-Altavas National Road which is part
of the Kalibo Highway, stretching from the Numancia-Kalibo boundary at Barangay
Laguinbanua in the Municipality of Numancia, traversing barangays Poblacion, Andagao,
Estancia, Tigayon, and Linabuan Norte in the Municipality of Kalibo; barangays Linabuan
Sur, Jumarap, Mambog, Poblacion, Tabayon, Libas, and Venturanza in the Municipality
of Banga; barangays Fulgencio, Feliciano, Calizo, Morales, Poblacion, Cortes, and Aranas
in the Municipality of Balete; barangays Lalab and Cabugao in the Municipality of Batan;
barangays Cabugao, Linayasan, Odiong, Poblacion, Man-up, Cabangila, up to the Capiz-
Aklan boundary in the Municipality of Altavas, all in the Province of Aklan, is hereby
renamed as Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway.

The west section of Kalibo Highway, comprising the Kalibo Numancia Bridge,

Roxas Avenue, Mabini Street, and D. Maagma Street, shall not be a part of the


Congressman Allen Salas Quimpo National Highway.

SEC. 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall issue the necessary
rules, orders and circulars to implement the provisions of this Act within sixty (60) days
from its effectivity.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,