They pulled the same thing on home owners in my parents neighbourhood in charlottesville for the proposed 29 bypass....which has yet to be built.
I'm very nervous about this ruling as our city and county governments have already demonstrated a supremem lack of respect for property rights.
Eminent domain for roads is a well established "public good". This decision wouldn't likely affect that for your parents neighborhood.
Once the bypass is in the neighborhood may be more valuable as commerical propoerty.....that's when this decision might kick in.
Heh...that's irony. My dad lost his business for the US 29 bypass around Amherst around 1970. Are they planning to finally put a bypass in on the north side of town around that little patch of hell around Albemarle Square?
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I studied city planning in Charlottesville. I can't say that I was ever very impressed with the planners in city hall. Didn't trust a one of them.
It's been going on forever (almost.) My grandparents lost everything when The Government wanted to build (or expand) a fort for training during WWI.