REVISING THE PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE

WHEREAS, acceleration of national economic
development demands that complementary maintenance of existing
infrastructure facilities, such as highways, be kept at the optimum;

WHEREAS, present situation calls for a more equitous
reallocation of available resource to closely coordinated and
technically determined and programmed needs of the entire nation and not
merely of any portion thereof;

WHEREAS, as earlier pronounced, maximization of
achievements goes well along with minimum but efficient set ups thus
cutting down on unnecessary overheads; and

WHEREAS, the utilization of Highway Special Fund provided
for by law should be carried out in accordance with the policies set
forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, in order to
accelerate national economic development through complementary
maintenance of infrastructure facilities, and to effect maximization in
the utilization of the Highway Special Fund, do hereby issue this
Decree.

For this purpose, the attached Revised Philippine Highway Act is
hereby adopted and decreed as part of the law of the land.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of October, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines