Wednesday, June 11, 2008 [ sunstar.com.ph ]
A HEARING on development projects in Shrine Hills that are being opposed by homeowners of Ma-a is set for next Tuesday.
Through a resolution proposed by Councilor Pilar Braga, officers of the Ma-a Homeowners Federation, developers, and City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) representatives are invited to the City Council's next session for a discussion of the matter.
Norma Javellana, Trinidad Greenhills Homeowners Association president, and the Federation of Homeowners Association of Barangay Maa sent a letter to CPD Coordinator Mario Luis Jacinto in March 2008 expressing their fear of landslides and floods as a result of developments in the flanks of Shrine Hills.
"We, the homeowners below the DMC-UPDI and Crown Communities Subdivision projects on Maa-Shrine Hills, are still not assured of our safety after the February 29, 2008 presentations of two subdivision developers," the letter said.
"Our fear and anxieties have not been assured. We and the Barangay Maa Federation of Homeowners Associations would like to see and get a copy of the engineering plans of DMC-UCPI and Crown Communities. We also like to have a copy of their Environmental Impact Studies (EIS). We would study these documents to determine how our safety is assured," the letter continued.
Javellana added they "question the clearance issued for the 1.7-kilometer cemented access road of DMC-UPDI as the road is on a steep and unstable (part of the) hill" and asked the two developers to do an EIS for the access road "hovering over our subdivisions."
Association members appealed to the CPDO to have the development stopped until their safety is assured. (GLP)
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