AMENDING THE APPROVED INTEGRATED RE-ORGANIZATION PLAN INSOFAR AS THE NUMBER OF REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IS CONCERNED BY DIVIDING HIGHWAY REGIONAL OF…

WHEREAS, under the Integrated Reorganization Plan as
approved and implemented in the Department of Public Highways, there are
eleven (11) highway regional offices;

WHEREAS, Region 4 of the Department of Public Highways as
presently constituted covers a very extensive area, which renders almost
impossible an affective and thorough supervision and coordination of
all related projects and activities by only one Regional Director.

WHEREAS, there is a concentration of project execution and
other developmental work in the Greater Manila Area that necessitates
the physical presence of the Fourth Regional Director most of the time,
thus limiting his time to supervise the projects in other provinces and
cities within the region;

WHEREAS, there is also an imperative need for closer, more
effective and thorough supervision and coordination of project execution
in other provinces of the region especially because of area
developments, particularly in Oriental Mindoro and Palawan, which
necessitate the physical presence of the Regional Director in these
places;

WHEREAS, to assure better administration and more thorough
supervision of highway projects in all the provinces and cities within
the region, it is imperative to divide the provinces and cities
presently comprising Region 4 of the Department of Public Highways into
two (2) regions, each region to be headed by a Regional Director.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby promulgate this decree as part of the law of the land:

SECTION 1. Region 4 of the Department of Public Highways as
organized pursuant to the Integrated Reorganization Plan is hereby
divided into two (2) regions, to be known as Region 4-A and Region 4-B,
both with Regional Offices in the Greater Manila Area.

SEC. 2. Region 4-A will be comprised by the
following-cities and provinces:

Cities:	1.		Batangas City
	2.		Caloocan City
	3.		Cavite City
	4.		Lipa City
	5.		Lucena City
	6.		City of Manila
	7.		Pasay City
	8.		Quezon City
	9.		San Pablo City
	10.		Tagaytay City
	11,		Trece Martires City
Provinces:	1.		Batangas
	2.		Cavite
	3.		Laguna
	4.		Quezon
	5.		Rizal

SEC. 3. Region 4-B will be comprised by Puerto Prin-cesa
City and the following provinces:

1. Oriental Mindoro
2. Occidental Mindoro
3. Palawan
4. Marinduque
5. Romblon

SEC. 4. All laws, Executive Orders, Presidential Decrees or
Letters of Instructions inconsistent herewith are hereby modified or
repealed.

SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of June, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.