Reorganization of the Regional Offices and Highway District Offices of the Bureau of Public Highways

October 28, 1972

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 6

 

Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24, 1972, issued in connection with Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, reorganizing the entire Executive Branch of the Rational Government in accordance with the recommendation of the Commission on Reorganization, the Regional Offices and the Highway District Office of the Bureau of Public Highways are hereby reorganized as follows:

FUNCTIONS OF THE REGIONAL OFFICES

The Bureau shall have eleven Regional Offices with boundaries and jurisdictions to conform with the administrative regions established under Article I, Chapter III, Part II of the Plan. The Bureau Regional Offices shall be responsible for the overall supervision and control of all operational activities within their respective regions and shall have the following functions, among others:

a. Administer, coordinate, and supervise the execution and/or the management of projects and activities in the region;

b. Assign equipment among the district offices and among projects in the region in coordination with the major equipment depot concerned; and assign and allocate materials among district offices and among projects in the region;

c. Under delegated authority, approve project work programs, plans, estimates, specifications, requisitions, procurement of materials and authority to undertake projects by administration of contract within the budgetary limits, plans, programs, policies and standards laid down by the appropriate headquarters entities;

d. Approve, under delegated authority, appointments of personnel, of the district offices in the region; and render decisions on personnel and other administrative matters;

e. Undertake design work and project studies for less complex projects; and

f. Perform such other functions as may be provided by law.

FUNCTIONS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES

The Regional Offices of the Bureau shall have district offices in places and in such numbers as may be necessary to undertake actual field operations of the Bureau. Provided that each regular province shall have only one (1) highway district office to be headed by a Highway District Engineer, and assisted by an Assistant Highway District Engineer. The City of Manila shall have two (2) highway district offices, one district office for the Manila North District and another for the Manila South District, with the Pasig River as the boundary line between these districts.

The District Offices shall be responsible for actual construction, maintenance and major repair and rehabilitation work within their respective authority and jurisdictions, and shall have the following functions:

a. Undertake site surveys and investigations;

b. Undertake field studies or data collections needed for project development;

c. Undertake engineering designs except those of a specialized nature which will be undertaken by the design unit of the regional office and in the head offices of the Bureau;

d. Undertake construction, major maintenance, repair and rehabilitation work by administration; and supervise contractual projects therefor;

e. Provide local development assistance where needed; and

f. Perform such other functions as may be provided by law.

The decentralization of operations to the regional and district offices notwithstanding, the Construction Division of the Bureau shall undertake the direct supervision of complex projects in the field.

The Regional and District Offices shall be organized in accordance with the attached Staffing Pattern.

To carry out the implementation of this reorganization for the Regional and the District Offices of the Bureau of Public Highways, the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications is hereby directed to effect its immediate implementation, pursuant to Articles I and II, Part XXIII, of the Reorganization Plan.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.