Department of Public Works and Highways(DPWH)

Good day! I would like to request for data on:
-Length of Local Roads (Provincial, Municipal, and Barangay) Roads by Surface Type from the year 1990 up to 2020. 
It will be a great help for our research. T

Thank you!

November 10, 2021

Dear Kryssa Catherine,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 09, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Length of Local Roads (Provincial, Municipal, and Barangay) Roads by Surface Type.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance this Office does not have the information you have requested. Please be informed that DPWH is mandated to undertake (a) the planning of infrastructure, such as national roads and bridges, flood control, water resources projects and other public works, and (b) the design, construction, and maintenance of national roads and bridges, and major flood control systems. However, you may wish to contact Local Government Units relative to this.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Andro Santiago
FOI Officer