[Carry_Okie]

I would support an amendment to the Constitution regarding any private property taken for public use: when that particular use is concluded, the land must be sold at fair market value.

[cinives]

It all depends on the type of "taking". If the government was only allowed to take a "right-of-way" rather than full ownership, then the land would revert to the original owners when it ceased to be of use and was "abandoned".

Many of us who stood to be negatively impacted by the Rails-To-Trails movement stood up and fought back based on this concept.