I didn't say it doesn't have potential for abuse, Jessie James was created by abuse of eminent domain, but there would be no America without it. There would be no highways, railroads, electrical grids, hydro electric power, sewers...At least not as we know those things today.
I can remember when Highway 66 was a two lane death trap, I prefer the one we have today, it is just the way it is.
Abuse is inherent to eminent domain POWERS.
There would be no highways, railroads, electrical grids, hydro electric power, sewers...At least not as we know those things today.
Equine feces. Think "options market." It actually improves project planning. For example, one could negotiate an option for a very modest fee that would have a second tier if a corridor were completed, and not before. That would get neighbors working out the details. Things would be different, but it doesn't mean they couldn't work. For example, the bulk of the roads in much of California were first built as private toll roads. Those rights of way were assembled without eminent domain.