WHEREAS, acceleration of national economic
development demands that complementary maintenance of existing
infrastructure facilities, such as highways, be kept at the optimum;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, as earlier pronounced, maximization of achievements go 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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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.
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