Eminent Domain, a Retailer, & a Road. Public Use? Public Outcry.

Rowlett has a new Sprouts store. People need to get to the new store. Rowlett is considering eminent domain to access to the new location. This translates to acquiring private property to help people get to more private property. 

What’s the hiccup? 

• If you ask the attorney for the property owners whose land may be taken says it’s: “Basically, what you would be doing is condemning one private property owner’s land to benefit another private property owner.”

Rowlett Lakeshore Times