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Originally posted by TerryBPP
My grand parents, who live in Raliegh NC, where payed 3 times the value of there house so that the road in front of there house could be expanded to 4 lanes.
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A road is public domain (not owned by any private enterprise). Roadway expansion and construction have historically been valid reasons for exercising eminent domain. That is because there is a direct benefit to the public: easier flow of traffic.
However, in both the New London case and in the DC situation, the chief beneficiary is not the municipality....it's a private entity. The municipality only receives secondary benefits in the form of increased (and unproven) tax revenue.
There is no DIRECT benefit to the public as a result. The public will still have to PAY to watch baseball...which makes this situation complete un-acceptable.
To be forced out of your home...regardless of the price...just because somebody else THINKS they have a better money making use for it is completely contrary to about 800 years of property rights as defined in the common law.