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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 176 - PLACING
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR), LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY
(LRTA) AND ALL OTHER RAILWAY AND MASS TRANSIT PROJECTS UNDER THE
OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS
WHEREAS,
the Government recognizes the importance of modern and efficient rail
systems for providing fast and reliable means of urban and long
distance transportation;
WHEREAS, there is a need to improve the financial viability and
demonstrate efficient performance in the areas of railway systems
management, operations, maintenance, upgrading and expansion of
services;
WHEREAS, various studies have advocated the need for institutional and
organizational restructuring of the rail sector and the consolidation
of rail regulatory authority under a defined structure;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 125 dated 30 January 1987
(Reorganizing the Ministry of Transportation and Communications) the
Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) shall be the
primary policy, planning, programming, coordinating, implementing,
regulating and administrative entity of the government in the
promotion, development and regulation of dependable and coordinated
networks of transportation and communications systems;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 77 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No.
8745 or FY 1999 General Appropriations Act, the President may direct
changes in the organization and key positions in any department, bureau
or agency;
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 the following:
Section 1.
Such a program shall be undertaken with maximum private sector
participation and public-private partnership schemes, and should seek
to achieve the integration of heavy rail systems with the existing and
planned light rail systems. The rail systems should connect to other
transport systems at intermodal stations, as well as seaports and
airports.
Sec. 2.
In support of this role, the DOTC shall have overall supervision over
PNR, LRTA and the planning, coordination, and implementation of all
rail-based transportation systems, programs and projects.
The DOTC shall report to the President any development which could
hamper the government’s program for the upgrading, modernization and
development of rail transportation services.
Since it is essential to railway development to clear rail
rights-of-way of obstructions and encroachments, the DOTC is also given
authority and overall supervision over the relocation of informal
dwellers by PNR and LRTA from their rail rights-of-way, in close
coordination with the Presidential Commission on Mass Housing and local
government units.
All activities towards these ends shall be under the responsibility and
supervision of the Secretary of DOTC through the Undersecretary for
Railways. For this purpose, the Undersecretary for Railways shall be
provided with the necessary administrative and technical support.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE, in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of November, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred
and Ninety-Nine.
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