EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 294

: The purpose of Executive Order No. 294 is to amend Executive Order No. 47, fixing the width of road and street rights-of-way through public land, to preserve natural timber growth and provide for planting and roadside beautification.
: The width of the rights-of-way for national and provincial roads constructed through public land is fixed at sixty (60) meters.
: A right-of-way width of at least one hundred twenty (120) meters shall be reserved through naturally forested areas of aesthetic or scientific value.
: Yes, rights-of-way of at least one hundred twenty (120) meters must be reserved in naturally forested areas of aesthetic or scientific value, which is an exception to the usual sixty (60) meter width.
: The right-of-way width of sixty (60) meters shall be reserved for laying out the principal streets of town sites located on public land.
: The minimum width for other streets aside from principal streets is fifteen (15) meters.
: EO No. 294 emphasizes preserving the natural growth of timber along proposed roads and making provision for appropriate planting and roadside beautification.
: Executive Order No. 47, dated July 7, 1936, was amended by Executive Order No. 294.
: Jorge B. Vargas, Secretary to the President, authenticated Executive Order No. 294 along with President Manuel L. Quezon.