Acquisition of property and property rights.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Acquisition of property and property rights.— For the purposes of this Act, the Department of Public Works and Communications may in pursuance of existing law recommend the acquisition of public property and property rights for limited access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation in the same manner as such units are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions. All property rights acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any limited access facility or portion thereof, or service road in connection therewith, the national, provincial, city, or municipal government may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land, if by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.