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Villa Constancia in Catalunan Pequeno
DoTr to keep Mindanao railway single track, keeps options openFebruary 5, 2020 | 10:23 pmTHE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said it will proceed with a single-track and non-electrified system configuration of the Mindanao Railway Project, overruling appeals from the Davao Regional Development Council to adopt a two-track, electric configuration.“We have an investment approval. Again, we are an implementing agency. We will implement what has been approved. We will implement it in a manner that makes it as much as possible simpler to upgrade or later on to convert it to a double-track and electrified system. That’s what we will do,” Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John R. Batan told BusinessWorld in a recent interview.< Edited >The Tagum-Davao-Digos segment, which will be funded via official development assistance (ODA) provided by China, is the first of the three segments of the P81.686-billion Mindanao Railway Project.
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DOTr reports that public consultations regarding the Mindanao Railway in Tagum, Digos, Carmen, Sta Cruz, and Panabo have all been completed
More tags in Bato, Toril. This photo was not taken by the property owner, so out of respect, identifiable information has been removed.
A community member sent the following photo to ask if this is a valid notice, so we forwarded to this to the DOTR. The Project Manager of the Mindanao Railway Project office confirms that this notice is legitimate. This indicates that the property was unattended when the initial census was taken, and this notice specifies when they would try again. Out of respect of the privacy of the member who sent shared this notice their tag number has been edited.About the contractor that is performing the census and surveyhttps://www.galerioenvi.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TVPatrolSouthernMindanao/photos/a.516292631761904/3200464850011322/Siniguro ng Malacañang na matutuloy ang mga malalaking proyekto sa Mindanao gaya ng Mindanao railway at Davao-Samal bridge, sa kabila ng banta ng COVID-19.Ayon kay BDCA president at government flagship projects secretary Vince Dizon, “Matutuloy po ang Mindanao Railway Phase 1. 'Yun pong Tagum-Davao-Digos phase ng Mindanao railway. At matutuloy din ang Davao-Samal bridge.""Makakaasa po ang ating mga kababayan dito sa Mindanao lalo na sa Davao region na matutuloy ang mga proyektong ito."
https://www.facebook.com/MindanaoRailWatch/posts/3077623622505037A community member shared the following sketch plan of a property in Catalunan Grande that will be affected by the Mindanao Railway Project. To protect the owner's privacy, the owner's name, the specific lot, and other identifiers were removed. Note that half of the property will be taken up by the right-of-way.
I sent that message to both the Pag-IBIG official email address as well as the Mindanao Railway Project Office (MRPO). The MRPO responded first.From the looks of it, a lot of the balls are in Pag-IBIG's court. After I forwarded them the MRPO's email, I finally got the following result
