The Department of Transportation said it expects to save P9.3 million a year from the transfer of its headquarters to Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga.
The transfer is seen to help decongest traffic in Metro Manila, reduce travel time and improve the travel of motorists and boost the development in the peripheries of NCR, according to the agency.
Employees of DOTr were also given the option to transfer or be detailed in any DOTr attached agency.
Employees from DOTr attached agencies who wish to be based in Clark were also given the option to transfer or be detailed to the department.
The department said the transfer, beginning July 28 this year, would start in batches to ensure a systematized and efficient transition. It said the transfer would be completed by the end of 2017.
The department said based on computations, the transfer would increase the savings of the agency, owing to less rental and overhead costs as well as gaining potential income from opening its owned units in Columbia Tower in Ortigas for lease.
The DOTr is estimated to earn an additional P9.3 million per year from the transfer.
The department said it was also supporting the creation of the National Government Center to be built in Clark to house central offices of government agencies in one location for more convenient transactions.
The National Government Center in Clark shall serve as a common location that will facilitate the smooth-sailing convergence of government agencies in terms of coordinating and implementing its respective programs and services.
According to a study released by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in September 2014, traffic congestion in Metro Manila was costing the Philippines at least P2.4 billion a day, which, if left without intervention, would likely reach P6 billion a day by 2030.