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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 702
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 702 -
FURTHER AMENDING Section TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS
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WHEREAS,
the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and
maintenance of rural roads and bridges are of paramount importance, as
they are the traffic generators that provide the link to the main
arteries of transportation from the rural to the urban areas;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the speedy and efficient construction, rehabilitation,
betterment, improvement and maintenance or rural roads and bridges
would create better incentive for the people particularly the farmers
to increase their production output, as they would be assured of an
adequate and convenient facilities for transport and for marketing
their products;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, providing the people particularly those in the rural areas
with adequate, safe and convenient facilities in transporting their
products would stabilize and reduce prices of their commodities and
thereby foster economic progress;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, There is at present no specific bureau of office under the
Department of Public Highways, charged with the responsibility of
formulating and developing policies, plans, programs and standards for
the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and
maintenance of rural roads and bridges, and the same is being
undertaken by different agencies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to insure a more integrated planning and programming
scheme directed towards the establishment of an efficient transport
system responsive to the attainment of the economic development goals
of the country, it is imperative that a specialized agency be created
for this purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 485,
as amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. Organization of the Department of Public
Highways. — The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called the
department, shall be composed of a Department Proper made up of the
immediate Office of the Secretary, the Planning Service, the
Administrative Service, the Financial and Management Service, the
Project Execution Service and the Special Projects Service; three
bureaus, namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance, (b)
the Bureau of Equipment, and (c) the Bureau of Barangay Roads; and the
Regional and District Offices."
Section 2. Functions of the Bureau of Barangay Roads.
— The Bureau shall essentially be a staff bureau performing advisory,
consultative and specialized staff functions, shall coordinate with
respect to the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement
and maintenance of barangay roads and bridges in so far as national
funds are concerned; shall formulate and develop for the Secretary
policies, plans, programs and standards for the construction,
rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and maintenance of barangay
roads and bridges within a province, city, municipality and
barangay. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Organization of the Bureau of Barangay
Roads. — The Bureau shall be headed by a Director and assisted by an
Assistant Director who shall be appointed by the President upon
recommendation of the Secretary of Public Highways.
It shall be composed of four (4) divisions, namely: the Administrative
Division; the Construction, Rehabilitation, Betterment and Improvement
Division; and the Maintenance Division.
Section 4. Organization of the Different Division:cralaw:red
1. The Administrative Division shall be headed by an
Administrative Officer V and assisted by an Administrative Officer III
who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Public Highways upon the
recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Barangay Roads. It
shall be responsible for personnel, information, legal and general
services.
2. The Planning, Programming, Design and Survey
Division (PPDSD) shall be headed by a staff Civil Engineer as Chief of
the Division, and assisted by an Assistant Staff Civil Engineer as
Assistant Division Chief, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of
Public Highways upon the recommendation of the Director of the Bureau
of Barangay Roads. The PPDSD shall be responsible for undertaking the
planning, programming and design of feeder roads and bridges, including
the necessary survey and location work, formulate specifications and
prepare estimates.
3. The Construction, Rehabilitation, Betterment and
Improvement Division shall be headed by a Staff Civil Engineer as
Chief, CRBI Division, and assisted by an Assistant Staff Civil Engineer
as Assistant chief, CRBI Division, who shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Public Highways upon the recommendation of the Director of
the Bureau of Barangay Roads. The CRBI Division shall be responsible
for exercising technical supervision over all the activities relating
to construction, rehabilitation, betterment and improvement of feeder
roads and bridges, establish policy guidelines; extend consultative
service, and set standards and procedures for construction,
rehabilitation, betterment and improvement works.
4. The Maintenance Division shall be headed by a
Staff Civil Engineer as Chief, Maintenance Division and assisted by an
Assistant Staff Civil Engineer as Assistant Chief, Maintenance Division
who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Public Highways upon the
recommendation of the Director of Barangay Roads. The Maintenance
Division shall be responsible for exercising technical supervision over
all activities relating to maintenance of barangay road and bridge
projects being undertaken by field offices and local governments
including barangays; and extending consultative service by setting
standards and procedures for maintenance works.
Section 5. Appropriations. — All national funds
appropriated and programmed by the Department of Public Highways for
the construction, rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and
maintenance of barangay roads and bridges including the shares of
provinces, cities, municipalities and the allocation for the
maintenance of farm-to-market or feeder roads and bridges within a
barangay area, from the Highway Special Fund, shall be released to the
Department of Public Highways which shall then sub-allot them to the
barangays but construction and maintenance shall be under the
supervision of the Department of Public Highways through the Bureau of
Barangay Roads.
Section 6. Special Provisions. — In the
implementation of projects falling under this Decree, the following
provisions shall be strictly observed:cralaw:red
(a) Functions — The Secretary of the Department of
Public Highways shall issue guidelines and policies regarding the
function of the different Divisions and Sections within this
Bureau. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) Nationald Maintenance for feeder of
Farm-to-Market Roads within Barangay Area;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(aa) For purposes of determining the maintenance
allocations for municipalities and barangays, there should be separate
inventory of such roads within the poblacion and barangay area to be
submitted by the municipal and barangay councils respectively and duly
approved by the Secretary of Public Highways.
(bb) Nationald Maintenance Fund for the Maintenance
of Feeder or Farm-to-Market Roads within Barangay Area shall be
released in the same manner under which maintenanceds to provinces,
cities and municipalities are released; however, there shall be no
counterpart fund requirement.
(cc) Nationald Maintenance funds for Feeder or
Farm-to-Market Roads within Barangay Area shall be sub-allotted to
Barangay officials concerned who have been duly authorized by law to
receive and disbursed Barangay Funds, otherwise in the absence thereof,
to the Municipal Treasurer concerned, thru the Office of the Highway
District/City Engineer.
(dd) The Barangay Council, in coordination with the
Highway District Engineer/City Engineer shall undertake maintenance
work of feeder or farm-to-market roads within its barangay area in
accordance with the program of work duly approved by the respective
Highway District or City Engineer; however, in case where the
capability of the barangay council to maintain road are limited or they
fail to maintain adequately the road, the Highway District/City
Engineer concerned shall take over, upon recommendation of the Highway
Regional Director.
Section 7. All existing laws, rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby modified amended or revoked.
Section 8. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.
DONE in the city of Manila,
this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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