More than a year after board members authorized the use of eminent domain to take over the privately-owned portion of the Madrona Links Golf Course, PenMet Parks is taking action.
The park district filed a petition in eminent domain in Pierce County Superior Court May 26, asking the court to support their acquisition of 14 privately-owned acres of the 94-acre course.
Madrona Links is located just outside Gig Harbor city limits at 3604 22nd Ave. NW. For months, it’s been at the center of a convoluted dispute between the park district and several private parties over who’s responsible for maintaining and improving the aging course, which PenMet Parks says has suffered from bumpy cart paths, unhealthy turf and septic problems in recent years…