Powers, duties, functions and aims of the Bureau in general.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Powers, duties, functions and aims of the Bureau in general.—The Bureau of Public Highways shall have the following powers, duties, functions and aims in general: The planning of a national highway program and the administration of large highway construction expenditures; The conducting of research and investigation studies, including studies of highway administration, legislation, nuance, economics, transport, construction, operation, maintenance, utilization, and safety, and of street and highly traffic control; investigations and experiments in the best methods of road making, especially by the use of local aterials; studies of types of mechanical plants and appliances used for road building and maintenance, and of methods of road repair and maintenance suited to the of different localities; The survey, construction, care, maintenance, improvement and repair of national roads, express highways through cities, main rural highways, and the establishment of a highway system connecting the principal metropolitan areas and important industrial centers, and a system of secondary or farm-to-market roads; The giving of advice to the President of the Philippines, the Congress, and the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon matters pertaining to public high-ways; The making of needful preliminary investigations plans and specifications for the construction or repair of national roads, the obtaining of bids for contract work, the acceptance or rejection of the same and the awarding of contracts therefor; The preparation of plans and estimates with reference to provincial and municipal roads, the letting of contracts therefor, and supervision over the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair thereof; The supervision over the engineering features of streets throughout the Philippines, whether pertaining to the National Government or to any political subdivision thereof; To cooperate with the department or departments concerned in the construction of roads in national forests, national parks and other areas belonging to the National Government.