PRNDP Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan THIRD EDITION July 2012 Province of Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan, 3rd Edition July, 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context and Rationale The 3rd version of ARNDP assess the performance of the province in 3 major areas: Road Service Delivery, Capacity Development and Institutional Improvement. It also reviews the road development priorities in the core and non-core road within the context of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. It also presents the funding strategy in the rehabilitation of poor and bad road sections which is the focus of PRMF and the maintenence of the rehabilitated road sections by contract. Formulation of the Plan The plan is divided in two volumes, Volume 1 contains the plan proper (this volume), and Volume 2 is the compilation of the surveys, Road Maintenance Strategy, Road Cost Estimates and Investment Programming, Road Safety, Road Network and Public Transport Services, Environmental Condition, Road Selection and Prioritization, and Monitoring and Evaluation. 1. Assessment of PRNDP 2011 Road Services Delivery and Physical Work ARNDP tarrgets by 2015 are: improved 124 kilometer of provincial roads, increased travel speed by 50%, increased traffic volume by 25%, and reduced transport cost by 25%. For the 46 provincial roads conducted with traffic survey, except for roads within the Poblacion or urban centers, the provincial roads that directly connect the production areas to the market and connect two municipalities have greater traffic count, and only one road sections exhibited a traffic volume of more than 200 of 4-wheel vehicles a day, the San Francisco Public Market Road (Annex Table 1) The result also showed that the level of services of the provincial roads except San Fransco Public Market Road Network is classified as “A” which means /Free Flow or Low Volume and Densities. Drivers can maintain desired speed with little or no delay and are unaffected by other vehicles; and can be interpreted as no significant increase or widening of carriageway neccessary to accommodate the traffic volume. To meet the target road safety standards and assessment, the following are considered: sound road surface, an adequate width or cross section, horizontal and vertical alignment, good visibility/sight distance, load management and provision of guard rails for all section of more than one meter, installation of sign post is part of the Program of Works. The Road Right of Way is one of the problems encountered in the rehabilitation of road. There are portions that were escaped because the RROW was not defined and delineated. Prior to construction and rehabilitation, the RROW must be defined to hasten physical works and impose proper implementation of road safety measures. On flooding, among the 13 municipalities and one city, Sta. Josefa has the highest length of road (31.016 km) exposed to flood in the six (6) road sections, of which the four (4) road sections are highly susceptible to flooding. In Bunawan, 1 road section with a total length of 7.344 km, in Sta. Josefa, two (2) road section with a length of 4.836 km, and 2.02 km, and in Veruela with 5.795 km. These road sections need thorough hydrologic studies before designing and construction of road to become resillient to flood hazard. PRNDP ADS Province of Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan, 3rd Edition July, 2012 On Rain-induced Landslide, of the fifty (50) road sections with a total road length of 631.35 km, forty (40) sections are exposed to rain-induced landslide with a total length of 101.689. Target on Capacity Development for 2010 – 2015 is 52 trainings, out of these, 31 or 60% is accomplished. These includes road sector planning, road service delivery, procurrement, management information system, environment management, monitoring and evaluation, internal control and internal audit, and human resource and deveopment. Rrevenue Generation is one of the Performance Reform Areas of PRMF project, the database system (FMIS) which improved linkage of the Provincial Treasury to other concerned offices such as Office of the Assessor, Provincial Budget Office and Provincial Accounting Office. The Provincial Internal Audit Office (PIAO) is established to help strngthen PGAS internal control systems and provide reasonable assurance for the effective and efficient operations; reliability of financial reporting, compliance with laws, rules and regulations; and safeguard of assets and information. To improve management of the utilization of developments, procurement process is improve by installing procurement program, to support the strategy of controlling operational expenses and managing a cost-effective service delivery system, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) has initiated measures to improve the procurement process . The most important output accomplished is the installation and upgrading of 30 hardwares infrastructurres and software at PIMO and in different concerened offices to make the ICT/GIS Hardware Infrastructure and software operational. An Environmental Management Plan is prepared for every road project, and must be implemented so with the conditions listed in the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) issued by the Environmental Management Bureau of DENR. The Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation Group (PMEG) was created through Executive Order No. 03-11, Series of 2011, to regularly provide reliable, timely and accurate information on the progress, efficiency and effectiveness of policies, plans, programs and activities in the for policy and management decision-making. 2. ENDOWMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGIES Land Use and Transport Infrastructure The province has three major land uses, the production areas covering the agricultural lands and production forest which comprises 62%, Protection areas covering the NIPAS and Non. NIPAS areas which comprises about 30%, Settlement areas, covering the residential, commercial, industrial, and utility facilities which comprises only 10% of the total land area of the province. Within the period of ten years, the municipality of Trento, Esperanza, and Bunawan are expented to become Medium towns. Bunawan is the proposed locator of the Philippine Science High School, Trento is the Local Market Center of Sta. Josefa, Veruela and Loreto, and Esperanza is a rice, corn, vegetable producing municipality, and will be connected to Butuan by the Super Regional Highway. PRNDP ADS Province of Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan, 3rd Edition July, 2012 Total Pavement ratio of 343.95 km. Or 11.95% for all type of roads. Of the total length of paved roads, The National Road has the highest ratio of 129.06 particularly the Agusan-Davao National Highway that serves as the external access route of the province. The paved road is considered as good or fair road condition that needs only minor repair while the unpaved road is considered as poor or bad condition that needs major rehab and repair. Currently there are 3 major sources of funds for the province’s road development. First is the PRMF funds which focus in the rehabilitation of the Core Roads; second is the 50% of 20% development fund (as provided in the approved PDIP) which focus in the rehabilitation non-core roads. Its scope of work has been upgraded from road gravelling to concreting, .taking into account the vulnerability of roads to flooding and inappropriate used of roads. Third is the General Fund which focus is the road maintenance of the provincial roads where P15M increase was committed until 2014 thru the PRM F incentive system. 3. STRATEGIES FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT Development Vision, Goals and Objectives Vision A well-maintained road network through community participation led by responsible and compentent Southern Agusanons that will accelerate socio-economic growth and make Agusan del Sur a more livable place. Goals Improved quality of life of the Agusanon Objectives Provincial Road Network 1. Improved access to public facilities and services 2. Improved quality of provincial road network 3. Develop a systematic, repeatable and transparent selection process in prioritizing and investment 4. PPAs 2013 Road Source of Funds Php (M) Particulars Length GOP/ Total (Php PRMF GF 20% PDF (Km.) PAMANA M) Rehabilitation/ 146.26 19.6 96 893 1,008.60 Development Maintenance 170..09 45 45.00 Capability Building 13.8 50 163.80 PRNDP ADS Province of Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan July 2012 Table of Contents Page No. Resolutions Governor’s Message Executive Summary Table of Contents Acronyms List of Tables List of Maps I. Introduction - 1 - 2 Context and Rationale - 1 Formulation of the ARNDP - 1 - 2 II. ASSESSMENT OF THE ARNDP 2011 - 2 - 9 Road Service Delivery and Physical Works - 2 - 5 Disaster Risk Reduction Assessment - 5 - 7 Capacity Development - 8 Institutional Reforms - 8 - 9 III. ENDOWMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES- 9 - 17 Land Use and Transport Infrastructure - 9 -10 Road Network Assessment - 10- 17 Road Condition Road Investment Road Development Issues IV. STRATEGIES FOR ROAD DEVELOPMENT - 17 -21 Development Vision, Goal and Objectives - 17 Vision Goals and Objectives of the ARNDP ADS Spatial Strategy - 18 Strategies, Performance Indicators, & Targets - 19 – 20 PRNDP ADS Province of Agusan del Sur Provincial Road Network Development Plan July 2012 V. POLICIES - 20 - 21 VI. PPA’S - 21 - 34 VII. COMMUNICATION PLAN - 35 VIII. M & E FRAMEWORK - 36 - 40 ANNEXES - Separate Volume PRNDP ADS Province