The legal team of the property owners affected by the megaproject Samal Island-Davao City (SIDC) Connector (SIDC) clarified some issues affecting the project stakeholders. Batacan Montejo Vicencio …
A boat racer practices along the Pakiputan Strait between Davao City and Island Garden City of Samal where the proposed Samal Island-Davao City Connector will be built. The legal team of the Rodriguez-Lucas family said in a statement that an impasse has arisen out of the Department of Public Works and Highways' failure to address compelling issues raised by affected landowners of the SIDC Connector Project.
The law firm said that DPWH’s own Right-of-Way Manual mandates Detailed Engineering Design prior to expropriation. According to the legal team, DED is yet to be completed in 2023. “It demonstrates either DPWH’s penchant for deception or utter contempt for the law or both. Consistent with a pattern of railroading, the group entered stealthily onboard speedboats, bypassing resort entrance procedures. When questioned, the intruders flimsily asserted that the resorts’ foreshore lease rentals were unpaid, without first asking the landowner, who readily showed proof of full payment.
The team stated that the enumerated above “warrant the cancellation of the SIDC Project’s ECC and a rigid assessment of other alternative alignments or landing sites through an honest-to goodness EIA.”
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