Question & AnswerQ&A (NBDB)
The two classes of national roads are national primary roads and national secondary roads.
National primary roads are parts of the main trunk-line system continuous in extent, including roads declared national roads except those not forming parts of the continuous system, such as roads leading to national airports, seaports, parks, or coast-to-coast roads not forming continuous parts of the trunk-line system.
National secondary roads include all access roads, national, provincial, and city roads and streets forming the secondary trunk-line system not classified as primary roads, excluding feeder roads.
The President of the Philippines has the authority to declare roads as national roads upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.
National roads shall have a right-of-way of not less than twenty (20) meters, with at least 60 meters reserved for roads through unpatented public land and 120 meters for roads through naturally forested areas of aesthetic or scientific value.
National aid roads are provincial and city roads of sufficient importance that may be incorporated into the national system of highways, declared as such by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon recommendation of the Provincial and City Board and the Commissioner of Public Highways.
Provincial and city roads include roads connecting municipalities at public plazas, roads extending from municipalities or from provincial or national roads to wharfs or railway stations, and other roads designated by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon request of the Provincial Board and recommendation of the Commissioner of Public Highways.
Provincial roads have a right-of-way of not less than fifteen (15) meters, possibly widened to twenty (20) meters, and at least 60 meters for roads through unpatented public land. Municipal and city roads have a right-of-way of not less than 10 meters, with principal streets in town sites on public lands having a width of 60 meters and other streets not less than 15 meters.
The Highway District Engineers and Highway City Engineers, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Highways, are responsible for these roads, with financing from appropriations authorized by the Republic of the Philippines.
Provincial roads are managed by Highway District Engineers under the Commissioner of Public Highways and financed with provincial funds and such aid authorized by the Republic of the Philippines in annual appropriation acts.
City and municipal governments are responsible for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of city and municipal roads, financed with city or municipal funds and aids authorized by existing laws or appropriation acts.
Yes, municipal roads of great importance to the province and provincial or city roads of sufficient importance may be reclassified by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon requests from provincial and city boards and favorable recommendations of the Commissioner of Public Highways.
Executive Order No. 483 is superseded by Executive Order No. 113.
It took effect on January 1, 1955.
The Commissioner of Public Highways prepares the map showing the proposed system of national primary, national secondary, and national aid provincial and city roads, which upon approval by the President, becomes the official road map.