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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
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MANILA – Rep. Alfredo B. Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) was pushing for the creation of an “Administrative Capital City Planning Commission.”
The House of Representatives acknowledged the proposal and created a technical working group that will study the creation of the body.
In House Bill No. 83, the proposed commission will study the relocation of most government agencies outside of Metro Manila to, ultimately, decongest Metro Manila from vehicular traffic.
“Overpopulation, traffic congestion and high vulnerability to natural disasters have made Metro Manila, or the National Capital Region, a pariah among world cities,” he said.
A similar proposal was made during the time of President Ferdinand Marcos, when some government offices were transferred to Quezon City to decongest Manila City from traffic, said Benitez.
“If we have done it before because we wanted to decongest Manila City, then the same reasoning applies, that we could move our administrative offices out of Metro Manila,” the congressman said./PN
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