A Tennessee highway expansion brings heartache to residents as hundreds of property owners will be forced to sell their land. The Tennessee Department of Transportation plans to widen approximately 10.5 miles of Highway 11W from Rutledge to Bean Station expanding the road from two lanes to five. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) relayed that
Georgia property owners are losing land to aid in the construction of the Dalton Pipeline expansion. The pipeline expansion has met much resistance and criticism as eminent domain is used to acquire easements across private property. Transco is facilitating the 112-mile pipeline project to transport natural gas throughout the southeastern United States. The pipeline will
St. Joseph County is attempting to use the power of eminent domain to acquire nearby farmland to aid in the construction of an industrial park in New Carlisle, Indiana. Eminent domain is the power of the government and some private corporations to take private property for public use in return for just compensation. Kenneth Huston,
Several environmental groups and municipalities argue that two proposed parallel oil pipelines will negatively impact the environment, public health, and property values. The planned pipelines are each 178 miles long and would cross 30 municipalities throughout five New Jersey counties, along with 25 municipalities throughout six New York counties. Due to the vast amount of
