Presidential Decree No. 702 (PD 702) — Further Amending Section Two of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty-Eight, as Amended, Creating the Department of Public Highways.
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;
WHEREAS, the speedy and efficient construction,
rehabilitation, betterment, improvement and maintenance of 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;
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;
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;
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, THEREFOR, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 458, as
amended is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"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."
Functions of the Bureau of Barangay Roads.
SEC. 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.
Organization of the Bureau of Barangay Roads.
SEC. 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 Planning, Programming, Design and Survey
Division; the Construction, Rehabilitation, Betterment and Improvement
Division; and the Maintenance Division.
SEC. 4. Organization of the Different Division:
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.
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.
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
High ways 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 services, and set
standards and procedures for construction, rehabilitation, betterment
and improvement works.
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 services by setting standards and procedures
for maintenance works.
Appropriations.
SEC. 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.
Special Provisions.
SEC. 6. Special Provisions.— In the implementation
of projects falling under this Decree, the following provisions shall be
strictly observed:
Functions—The Secretary of the Department of Public High ways
shall issue guidelines and policies regarding the function of the
different Divisions and Sections within this Bureau.
National Aid Maintenance for Feeder or
Farm-to-Market Roads within Barangay Area;
(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) National Aid Maintenance Fund for the Maintenance of Feeder or
Farm-to-Market Roads within Barangay Area shall be released in the same
manner under which maintenance aids tr, provinces, cities and
municipalities are released; however, there shall be no counterpart fund
requirement.
(cc) National Aid 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 disburse
Barangay Funds, otherwise in the absence hereof, 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 cases 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.
SEC. 7. All existing laws, rules and regulations inconsistent
with this Decree are hereby modified, amended or revoked.
SEC. 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.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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