Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The 8.720-kilometer Western Link Circumferential Road traversing Marcos Highway – Baguio Bauang Road and Kennon Road is hereby converted into a national road under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall include in the Department’s program the improvement, repair and maintenance of the said road, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways shall issue the necessary rules, orders and circulars to implement the provision of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 5, 2012 and December 19, 2012, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

 

Approved: MAR 19 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines