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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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Introduced by Representative JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a national highway from Barangay Lavigan, Municipality
of Governor Generoso to Barangay Dawan, City of Mati, both in the Province of Davao
Oriental, connecting the Tibanban ~ Lavigan National Secondary Road and the President
Diosdado P. Macapagal National Highway.

The City of Mati, Davao Orientals capital, is a fast-developing city with a population
of over 150,000 people. It is a popular destination owing to its numerous tourist
destinations, educational institutions, and industrial centers such as the Industrial
‘Technopark established by the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA). It is often the host
of regional conventions, conferences, national government exams, and other similar
gatherings. Meanwhile, the Municipality of Governor Generoso is a second-class municipality
composed of twenty (20) barangays with a population of more or less 60,000 citizens.
Composed of beautiful coastal terrains, it boasts of several tourist destinations including the
Calvary Hill, Pink Beach and Parola at Cape San Agustin. There is frequent travel and
movement to and from both areas for business transactions, delivery of goods, educational
purposes and leisure. However, there is no existing road directly linking the two major areas
ofthe province, causing the travel to become arduous, expensive, and time consuming.

Further, the City of Mati is composed of 26 barangays, 23 of which are contiguously
located around the city proper while the other three ~ Barangays Lanca, Luban, and Cabuaya
~ are clustered and located approximately 120 kilometers away. As there are no direct roads
to the city proper, constituents from these barangays needing to go to the center of the city
have to travel roughly two and a half hours via the Tibanban- Lavigan National Secondary
Road, which passes through the Municipalities of Governor Generoso and San Isidro before
reaching the City of Mati.

With the passage of this bill, the tripartite goal of a) connecting three clustered
barangays separated from the City of Mati proper; b) connect two existing roads; and c)
create a road linking two major areas of Davao Oriental - the City of Mati and the
Municipality of Governor Generoso will be achieved.

Asimilar version of this bill was filed during the 17 Congress. Support for this bill is

again earnestly sought.
we,
FA
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(Representative

24 District, Davao Oriental


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILLNO.___

Introduced by Representative JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGHWAY FROM BARANGAY LAVIGAN, MUNICIPALITY.
OF GOVERNOR GENEROSO TO BARANGAY DAWAN, CITY OF MATI, BOTH IN THE
PROVINCE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL, CONNECTING THE TIBANBAN - LAVIGAN NATIONAL
SECONDARY ROAD AND THE PRESIDENT DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL NATIONAL.
HIGHWAY, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. - A national highway from Barangay Lavigan, Municipality of Governor
Generoso to Barangay Dawan, City of Mati, both in the Province of Davao Oriental,
connecting the Tibanban ~ Lavigan National Secondary Road and the President Diosdado
Macapagal National Highway is hereby established under the supervision of the

Department of Public Works and Highways.

SECTION 2. - The amount necessary for the construction of the national highway
shall be charged to the current appropriation of the Department of Public Works and
Highways. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for the repair and maintenance of the

national highway shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the

Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation, ‘
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Approved.