WHEREAS, it
is the commitment of the government to establish, maintain and ensure
adequate social services in the field of urban development and squatter
relocation to guarantee the enjoyment by the people of a decent
standard of living; and to assign priority to blighted urban areas in
order to alleviate the problems arising from rapid population growth,
high unemployment, widespread poverty, malnutrition and inadequate
shelter and urban services thru a program of upgrading blighted areas,
provision of employment opportunities, improvement of urban services
and enhancement of operating capabilities of national and local
agencies involved;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in line with these objectives, the government has embarked on
an urban development program in Metropolitan Manila involving the
upgrading of sites and services in the Tondo Foreshore and the
development of the Dagat-Dagatan resettlement area, particularly the
provision of improved environmental sanitation, infrastructure and
social services such as roads and pathways, drainage system, water and
sewerage system, public buildings, programs for the socio-economic
development of the people, housing materials and small business loans
and traffic engineering and management;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the government has sought financial assistance from the World
Bank in the form of loans amounting to about US$ 32M.
WHEREAS, there is a need to appropriate counterpart funds to cover the
cost of the project;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested
in me by the Constitution as President of the Philippines, do hereby
decree and authorize: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
1. The appropriation of the sum of P598.10 million
out of funds not otherwise appropriated in the National Treasury for
the following components of the Manila Urban Development Project to be
made available to appropriate agencies concerned in the four-year
period of implementation of the project as indicated:cralaw:red
a. Tondo Foreshore upgrading
of sites and services including
the provision of land and
reclamation, civil works,
community facilities, housing
materials, small business
loans, incremental cost of
developing the area resulting
from the construction of the C-
2, R-10 and the expansion of
Port of Manila, and other
related facilities to be
undertaken by the National
Housing Authority P243.10 M
b. Construction and/or
improvement of Tondo sewer
outfall 15.00 M
c. Dagat-Dagatan resettlement
including the provision of land
infrastructure, community
services and other related
facilities to be undertaken by
the National Housing Authority
65.00 M chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. For the construction of major
roads including
bridges 125.00 M
e. Traffic improvements
including junctions
improvements, road markings,
path poles, bus shelters, traffic
signal facilities, mobile radius
and other
facilities
70.00 M
f. Technical assistance, studies
and training to (a) NHA for
project development of a second
urban project (b) DPWTC for
Metro Manila land use and
transportation study and
financing and delivery of public
services 60.00 M
g. Technical assistance of
DPWTC for transport
planning, coordination and
operations, undertaking of
national transport system
study and revision of the 4-year
infrastructure program 20.00
M
P598.00 M
2. The total amounts indicated above shall be made
available for the corresponding project component thru the implementing
agencies over the duration of project implementation as indicated in
the accompanying schedules.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
YEARLY SCHEDULE OF DISBURSEMENT
MANILA URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(Millions)
1976 1977
1978 1979 TOTAL
Tondo Foreshore (NHA) 92.22
98.94 39.66 12.28
243.10
Sewer outfall (MWSS) 4.88
10.12 15.00
Dagat-Dagatan (NHA) 43.40
15.63 3.01
2.96 65.00
Major Roads & Bridges 16.59
67.57 32.43 8.41
125.00
Traffic Improvement 12.73
22.85 22.93 11.49
70.00
Technical Assistance 18.16
15.52 14.07 12.25
60.00
for NHA, DPH, etc.
Technical Assistance 6.05
5.17 4.69 4.09
20.00
for DPWTC
TOTAL P598.10
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