DAVAO CITY —President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed the law creating another engineering office for Zamboanga City.
Thew new district will be the second engineering district of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Zamboanga City.
The new office was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 11994 and shall be known as Zamboanga City First District Engineering Office.
“The existing District Engineering Office in Zamboanga City, located in Barangay Divisoria, shall now be known as the Zamboanga City Second District Engineering Office,” the law stated.
Based on the law Public works Secretary shall include in the department’s program the operationalization of Zamboanga City First and Second District Engineering Offices, in which the funding will come from the annual General Appropriations Act.
The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 21, 2023, and November 2, 2023, respectively, takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
