Preamble
WHEREAS, there is urgent need for a Special Projects Service in the Department of Public Highways which shall be responsible for the management and implementation of all special projects financed wholly or in part by foreign loans; WHEREAS, there is likewise urgent need to provide the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance in the Department of Public Highways with an Administrative Division and the Bureau of Equipment with a Spare Parts Division; WHEREAS, the Secretary of Public Highways has strongly endorsed the creation of the foregoing offices in order to enable the Department to cope with its responsibilities and perform its function with increased effectiveness and effeciency; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order: