High Speed Rail Meets Private Property Rights Supporter John Wray

Building High Speed Rail faces challenges aquiring property. Rail takes a lot of land. 97% of Texas land is private owned. To build rail between Houston and Dallas requires crossing land owned by many landowners. 

Landowners are skeptical about eminent domain. They favor fairness and view eminent domain as inherently unfair. When eminent domain is exercised by a private company the skeptism raises to higher level like DefCon 1. 

These challenges were highlighted in an interview with Representative-Elect John Wray, whois concerned about private entities exercising eminent domain. [Waxahatchie DayLight]