By Betheena Kae Unite
Election posters installed within national roads that distract motorists are prohibited and should be reported, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) warned yesterday.
The agency urged the public to report road right-of-way (RROW) violations, specifically signs with road messages and advertisements displayed within the roads.
Reports of unauthorized signs installed within the right-of-way of national roads have recently reached the DPWH, prompting them to call on the public to keep the reports coming.
“Although DPWH field personnel nationwide continuously monitor and remove unnecessary signs within six-meter easement on each direction of our national roads, we still ask the public to be of assistance and provide us with any information of RROW violations so we can immediately act on them,” DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said.
Under PD No. 17 and No. 1096, the agency has the right to impose penalties to violators and file appropriate legal action pursuant to Administrative Order No. 160-A and the Civil Code of the Philippines.
Owners of signages obstructing government road right-of-way are given 15 days to dismantle, otherwise DPWH Regional and District Engineering Office will have them removed pursuant to DPWH Department Order No. 73, series of 2014.
