High Speed Rail Needs Land. Your Land.

Building high speed rail takes land. Acquiring land is challenging,  it’s like trying to take a dog bone away from a possessive dog. The dog wants its bone. A landowner wants to keep his land in tact. 

Texas High Speed Rail has been meeting with citizens to discuss plans and address issues land owners may have.  Kudos to them for addressing the growing pains head on with Texans.

In California, high speed rail is in the building phase. In the building phase, they have been using eminent domain. Here’s the eminent domina breakdown:

• Latest eminent domain authorization is for 28 parcels
• In total, 120 parcels have been authorized for eminent domain.  

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