If you would like some more information on this proposed NAFTA highway there is an excellent 6 page article on the highway, all of the players involved, and a map of the proposed route in the Spring issue of “Range Magazine”. The article is written by Tim Finley. One of the families that will be impacted is the family of Analiese Kunert. Kunert’s family has been on land that maybe seized since 1798. Someone should contact these folks and tell them not to worry it’s just a “fantasy”.
The road is not a fantasy. What is a fantasy is that it is fundamentally different from any other highway project and that it is an attack on the sovereignty of the United States.
As far as eminent domain is concerned, take a look at a map of the United States. Taking land for public roads is a long established and constitutional practice. Most of the Interstate Highway System has been built on land taken by eminent domain. The same applies to the US Highway and state highway systems.
I’m not arguing about the wisdom of this road or it’s particular routing. That is a separate issue. I’m simply saying it is not fundamentally different from any other public road.