I.

a Assessment of transportation Facilities

In assessing the transportation facilities of the
Municipality of Kawit. We first, identify the road inventory of
the Municipality
Tirona Highway-Highway 25 and Cavite Toll Expressway
(CAVITEX)-Centennial Road are the two major roads of the
Municipality of Kawit that interlink the industrial road of
Cavite and Metro Manila.
The Tirona Highway and Highway 25 are two bordering roads
which serves as coastal part and historic focus of Kawit where
the previous town hall was established. It also interlink the
City of Noveleta and City of Bacoor. Establishments such as Water
Camp Resort, Sasahama Restaurant, Cherry’s Pavilion, Malvar
Supermarket, Emilus Supermarket, Massway Supermarket, and other
fast food restaurant like Mang Inasal, and Jollibee,etc resides
in this roads.
The Covelandia and CEPZA Roads are additional boarding roads
constructed to be used as the primary lane to the Industrual
Zones of Cavite and the Port Area of Manila. The 30 m wide
expressway bypass the farmland of the town and the coastline
Binakayan which heightens various business foundations and resort
in the zone to be specific; Sula Gas, Petron Gasoline Station,
Orange County, Phoenix Gasoline Station, Jetti Gasoline Station,
Kartini Hotel, 711 Store, RCPJC Hardware, Cedz Restaurant, Tirona
Hardware, Tiles Center, Island Cove, Miquels Bar and Restaurant,
Esther Robina Restaurant and so on. And furthermore the recently
settled Municipal Annex Building (New Town Hall) uses this road
which will be the structure to be the new center of Kawit.
To further ease the traffic problem of the Province of
Cavite, a 7km Tollway named Cavite Toll Expressway also known as
CAVITEX was constructed which extends the existing 6.45 Kms.
Coastal Road from Zapote in Las Piñas City to Tirona Highway in
Kawit, Cavite which obviously shorten the travel time from Manila
to Cavite.
Information accumulated from the Engineering Office uncovers
that there is an aggregate of about 35.259 kilometers of streets
in the whole district of which 13.700 km. are national street,
2.296 km commonplace street, 0.809 km are civil street and 18.454
are barangay streets. (Table 4.1a)
Table 4.a
Source: Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2012-2022 of Kawit, Cavite

Since there are no airports, seaports, cargo ports, and

major land transportation terminal in Kawit. Buses, jeepneys and
tricycles are the main public utility vehicles in the
municipality which mobility are mainly supported by the following
existing transport facilities mentioned above.

I.b Background
1. Historical Background
 Some time before the coming of the Spaniards, Kawit was
at that point a flourishing settlement, and when the colonizers
came, they called the settlement "CAVITE EL VIEJO". It is the
most seasoned of the three wards built up during the organization
of Manila Archbishop Garcia Serrano (1618-1629).

The town was the principal safe haven set up by the Spaniards in
Cavite territory. It was the place the Jesuits manufactured an
area church out of appreciation for Saint Mary Magdalene. The
colonizers before long found a superior spot, additionally a
piece of Kawit, and created it as site of its naval force yard.
This previous town of Kawit is currently known as Cavite City.

The town got its name perhaps dependent on the snare formed
shoreline from Manila to Sangley Point, Cavite City. The Filipino
expression for "Snare" is Kawit.

A short good ways from Cavite naval force yard was a set called
"TIERRA ALTA", on account of its higher rise, fine stream, cool
atmosphere, and rich vegetation, turned into a most loved
excursion resort and chasing ground for Spanish 'conquistadores".
This region is currently the Municipality of Noveleta, which
withdrew from Kawit in 1908.

In the beginning of the Spanish standard, Cavite City, Noveleta

and the Municipality of Imus were a piece of Kawit..But in
October 1795, the individuals of Imus, through a Recollect
Father, appealed to the Spanish government that they be allowed
to withdraw from Kawit and to build up a different area. Along
these lines, from the old Cavite El Viejo sprang Cavite City the
Municipality of Noveleta and Imus.
St. Mary Magdalene Church
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org
2. Historical Significance
Kawit assumed a significant job in the Philippine Revolution of
1896 and in the Filipino-American War. It was right now the
Spaniards met their first significant misfortune when Filipino
radicals, drove by the town's Capitan Municipal by the name of
EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY, caught an unforeseen of Spanish warriors
from Dalahican home office who were going to capture Aguinaldo
and other civil authorities associated with being Katipuneros.

The underlying triumph of the Katipuneros under the

administration of Aguinaldo was trailed by a string of other
effective fights against the Spaniards, carrying distinction and
wonder to their young chief and established framework to his
turning into the President of the First Philippine Republic. It
was on June 12, 1898 when General Emilio Aguinaldo declared the
Philippine Independence on the overhang of his Mansion (The
Aguinaldo Shrine).
Beside General Emilio Aguinaldo, this modest community created
another five (5) commanders of the upheaval that added to the
achievement of the Philippine Independence. They were: Candido
Tria Tirona, Crispulo Aguinaldo, Daniel Tria Tirona, Baldomero
Aguinaldo and Tomas Mascardo. The historical backdrop of
Philippine battle for opportunity won't be finished without
referencing these noticeable figures who contributed colossally
to the foundation of the First Nationalist Democratic Republic in
Asia.

3. Political History
The New Municipal Hall of Kawit situated at Brgy. Batong
Dalig gloats of being the image of a resurgent network, at
standard with its neighbors and ceaselessly endeavoring to be a
comprehensively serious district. The all around characterized
auxiliary structure and compositional lines describe the present
Kawit, solid in its conviction, prepared for the difficulties
ahead, and constantly prepared to react to calls for innovation.
It is additionally a solid exhibit of Kawit's ascent from a
battling town to one in the bleeding edge of development and
progress.

The old Municipal Hall will anyway be saved as a declaration to

the Kawiteños battles and triumphs before. It was the place the
incomparable Gen. Emilio F. Aguinaldo held office in his more
youthful political days, beside playing hosts to various
outstanding chronicled scenes including the Agaw Armas, one of
the principal demonstrations of gallantry and fearlessness of our
ancestors. The ground floor of this old Municipal Hall is as yet
being utilized as Kawit Post Office and PNP Headquarter and
Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development.
I.C Purpose of Investigation
The Municipality of Kawit is one of the developing town in
Cavite. It is also has a direct access to Metro Manila via Cavite
Toll Expressway and the proposed Cavite Laguna Expressway (CALAX)
and DaangHari-South Luzon Expressway connection which enhances
access to a much greater regional and global market and supply
chain. With this facts, we the researchers, investigate if the
volume of the population in the municipality of Kawit and
establishment in the said town is proportional to the
infrastructure and transportation facilities currently available
and planned in the municipality of Kawit.