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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 39 -
RECONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT AND
MANAGEMENT AND REDEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS
WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 351 dated
August 31, 1997 as amended by Administrative Order No. 375 dated
January 19, 1998 created the Presidential Task Force on Traffic
Improvement and Management;
WHEREAS, the traffic situation in the country, particularly in Metro
Manila gravely and adversely affects the over-all mobility of people
and goods, thereby resulting in decreased productivity, disruptions in
the supply of goods and services and other traffic-related costs;
WHEREAS, the plans and programs on traffic management and improvement
of various instrumentalities and agencies need to be harmonized;
WHEREAS, such harmonization requires a single traffic authority that
will cut across various departments and traffic-related bodies and
instrumentalities to integrate and coordinate traffic implementation
and mobilization of resources to address the traffic situation;
WHEREAS, under Republic Act 7924, the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority (MMDA) is mandated to perform planning, monitoring and
coordinative functions, and in the process exercise regulatory and
supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within
Metro Manila to include, transportation and traffic management, without
diminution of the autonomy of the Local Government Units (LGUs)
concerning purely local matters; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for concerned government agencies to support
the MMDA in the exercise of its functions relative to traffic
management.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Chairman
Co-Chairman
Members
Undersecretary, Department of
National Defense
Director-General, Philippine
National Police
Chairman, Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board
Representative of the private
sector to be appointed by the Chairman, TRAFIMM
The TRAFIMM Chairman is hereby vested with full executive authority within the law to rationalize and facilitate the effective and efficient movement and management of people and goods in Metro Manila and its environs, in coordination with concerned LGUs.
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The TRAFIMM Chairman may give direct operational instructions to any of the member-agencies of the Committees in the pursuit of the functions of the TRAFIMM. The TRAFIMM Chairman shall designate the representatives from the private sector to these Committees.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority shall provide secretariat support to the TRAFIMM.
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DONE in the City of Manila,
this 7th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Eight.
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