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Republic Act
Approved July 22, 1972

Republic Act No. 6519

An act dividing the city of manila into four highway engineering districts

An Act Dividing the City of Manila into Four Highway Engineering Districts

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This act divides the City of Manila into four highway engineering districts, each with its own highway district engineer, and outlines the responsibilities and funding mechanisms for highway projects within the districts.

  • Division of Manila into four highway engineering districts
  • Appointment of a highway district engineer for each district
  • Supervision of national road and public works projects by district engineers
  • Retention of city administration over self‑operating units (Heavy Equipment and Shop Division, Asphalt and Concrete Plant Division, Materials Testing Laboratory)
  • City mayor's authority to authorize projects from city funds
  • Effectiveness upon approval
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[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6519, July 22, 1972 ]

AN ACT DIVIDING THE CITY OF MANILA INTO FOUR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING DISTRICTS.

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

Section 1

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the City of Manila is hereby divided into four highway engineering districts, each highway engineering district to comprise one representative district. Each highway engineering district shall have one highway district engineer and the necessary personnel who shall be appointed in accordance with existing laws.

Section 2

Each highway district engineer shall have supervision on the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of purely national roads, bridges and other public works in his respective district using national funds accruing thereto under existing laws, except money accruing to the City of Manila for the maintenance and improvement of national aid city streets as authorized under Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred seventeen Republic Act Numbered Fifty-one hundred eighty-five:Provided, That the City of Manila shall retain administration of the self-operating units (Heavy Equipment and Shop Division, Asphalt and Concrete Plant Division and Materials Testing Laboratory) :Provided, further, That the city mayor may authorize the highway district engineer concerned to implement projects fully or partly from city funds.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without the Executive approval, June 22, 1972.

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.