Department of Transportation(DOTr)

August 28, 2018 Dear Ma. Isidra Dumlao, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jul 22, 2018 11:18:03 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Legal Basis for I-ACT and other relevent issuances, memorandum circulars, department. Your FOI request is approved. Here's a brief background about i-ACT On September 6, 2017, the InterAgency Council for Traffic (i-ACT) was re-launched to revitalize, update and further improve solutions to traffic situations in the Philippines with the following key member institutions: the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Land Transportation Office (LTO), Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP- HPG) with its new members, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Metro Manila Council Local Government Units (MMC LGUs) and the Liga ng mga Barangay ng Pilipinas (LBP). According to its mandate, the Council assumes its role in synchronizing efforts of the aforementioned government agencies in addressing the perennial traffic situation of our country, more particularly in Mega Manila, by unifying all the traffic management operations including manpower, resources, equipment and infrastructures under a unified chain of command. i-ACT will work tirelessly to be able to enforce harmonized traffic laws, circulars and ordinances through a single enforcement system by highly trained professional, unified and integrated traffic enforcers under an interconnected Traffic Management System in all roadways of Metro Manila and other Mega Cities in the country. Thank you. I also enclosed the Memorandum of Agreement to the email address that you had provided. Respectfully, DOTR-DM DOTR FOI Receiving Officer