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of Representatives to prioritize legislated roadt
House
OLLOWING a meeting with
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|{ the DePartment of Transpor-
I t"tiott (DOTr), the incoming
leadershiP of the House of RePre-
sentatives vowed to include in its
measures legislation for a
Driority
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road map that they believe
wili end traffic jams and imProve
to solvg traffic Problems
mobility nationwide.
The plan, accordingto incoming
House MajoritY Leader Martin Ro-
mualdez of Leyte, includes construc-
tion of more internationalairports,
as well as the rehabilitation of ex-
isting airports. Romuald& said on
Sunday this was what TrinsPorta-
\ FAc-e -
tion SecretaryArthur P. Tugade said
during a meeting with lawmakers
at an exclusive golf club last week.
,q Romualdez said AlbaY ReP JoeY
Salceda has committed to be an au-
thor of the proposed transport road
map in the 18th Congress.
Forhispart, Tugade saidthe road
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map should be legislated to ensure
that it will be carried out bY suc-
ceeding administrations.
He saidthe roadmaP will contain
. all modes of transPPrtations and
set in place an integrated and more
coordinated aPProach in building
transport infrastructure, linkages
in the entir€i country t
"I am seekingall Your helPto en-
sure that this road maP will be aP-
provedbyCongreds. Withoutlegisla-
tion, this road maP will remain just
a prosram that miY be scraPPed b!
futur'e administrations." the DOTr
chief told lawmakers.
According to the secretarY,
various transport-related agencies
and local governments have been
trying to develoP their respective
transport Plans or strategies toi
address bottlenecks and imProve
outcomes in the transPort sector.
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