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The Department of Public Works and Highways (Filipino: Kagawaran ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan), abbreviated as DPWH, is the executive department of the Philippine government solely vested with the mandate to “be the State's engineering and construction arm” and, as such, “tasked to carry out the policy” of the State to “maintain an engineering and construction arm and ...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Transportasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress. It is responsible for the country ...
The secretary of public works and highways (Filipino: Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan) is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the national government of the Philippines, and is a member of the president's Cabinet. [1] The current secretary is Manuel Bonoan, who assumed office on June 30, 2022. [2]
As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the planning, construction, maintenance, improvement and repair of public infrastructure which includes the following: [1] Buildings; Bridges; Drainage; Highways; Flood control and protection; Parks; Roads; Water utilities and utilization of waters of the public domain
Works Branch, Development Bureau formerly Public Works Department: Secretary for Development Hungary-Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary) India: Central Public Works Department Karnataka Public Works Department Kerala Public Works Department Tamil Nadu Public Works Department Ministry of Public Works (West Bengal) Indonesia
The Ministry of Public Works is responsible for affairs relating to public works particularly the construction maintenance of infrastructure related to roads, ports, flood control and shore protection, and water resource development system in Bangsamoro. It also issues safety regulation covering both public and private structures in the region. [5]
A Los Angeles County Department of Public Works sign along 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. The department was formed in 1985 in a consolidation of the county Road Department, the Flood Control District (in charge of dams, spreading grounds, and channels), and the County Engineer (in charge of building safety, land survey, waterworks).
In 1913, the California State Legislature began requiring vehicle registration and allocated the resulting funds to support regular highway maintenance, which began the next year. [9] In 1921, the state legislature turned the Department of Engineering into the Department of Public Works, which continued to have a Division of Highways. [11]