Executive Order No. 441 (1997)

Section 1. —Pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 125 and 125-A, the Department of Transportation and Communications is hereby affirmed to be the primary coordinating, development and implementing agency for transportation projects including ports, airports and railways. This affirmation is without prejudice to the role of the Metro Manila Development Authority as the planning, monitoring and coordinating authority involving the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila and the autonomy of Local Government Units concerning purely local matters.

Section 2. —The DOTC shall maintain a master plan for each mode of transportation that shall serve as the framework for the development plans of related agencies. Concerned agencies shall submit any specific major transportation project proposal to the DOTC to ensure that it is consistent with the approved master plans. Major projects shall be defined as projects for the construction or installation of new facilities for funding under foreign Official Development Assistance for implementation as BOT-type projects, or locally-funded projects with costs of more than P300 million.

Section 3. —The DOTC shall promulgate guidelines to implement this Order for dissemination to all concerned agencies within one (1) month from its issuance.

Section 4. —All issuances inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

DONE —in the City of Manila, this 22nd—day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven. 1a⍵⍴h!1

(Sgd.)— FIDEL V. RAMOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)— RUBEN D. TORRES

Executive Secretary