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Affected homeowners appeal to DoTr to reconsider railway system alignmentFebruary 27, 2019 | 9:01 pmBy Carmencita A. Carillo, Correspondenthttps://www.bworldonline.com/affected-homeowners-appeal-to-dotr-to-reconsider-railway-system-alignment/DAVAO CITY — “Please don’t disrupt our lives,” was the plea made by Paulina C. Pestaño on behalf of the 1,600 lot owners at South Pacific Golf and Leisure Estates Homeowners Association. The high-end subdivision developed by Sta. Lucia Realty, which is also home to an 18-hole par-72 golf course worth P500 million, is one of several areas that will be affected by the alignment of the Mindanao Railway System (MRS) Tagum-Davao-Digos (TDD) segment.Ms. Pestaño grew up in Davao, relocated and worked in another city and then decided to retire in the city. Her family has been living in South Pacific for two years now after the completion of their house in 2017. Family refers to her and her siblings — one a physician in Zamboanga who visits Davao almost every month and the other one an engineer living in California who comes home twice a year, and the other one a retired CPA who used to manage the family business.“We decided to retire here and build our retirement home at South Pacific primarily because of the fresh air and of course there is a golf course. If they build the railway there they will destroy the very reason why we invested in the area for retirement,” she told BusinessWorld in an interview.While the MRS project manager said no house will be directly hit by the railway construction, she said, the construction will still pass through the golf course and the newly-completed clubhouse which cost P50 million to build. If there is construction activity even in hole No. 1 alone, she added, then there will be no more golf since all the golfers have to tee off there.< Edited >
