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The CSX Carolina Connector is a railway company looking to build a major rail terminal in Johnson County. The private company is threatening to use the power of Eminent Domain to take land from county residents, claiming a “greater good.” Including the “greater good” of making lots of money for CSX. We see this kind of thing…

The NC DOT continues to hold land owners in limbo and we’re as upset about this as you are. The Transportation Corridor Official Map for the Hampstead Bypass was filed in 2011, and land owners have been stuck ever since.  The NC Supreme Court (in the case of Kirby v. NCDOT) is currently deliberating the…

Not everyone is excited about the new Asheboro Bypass and Zoo Connector roadways. Why? Take a look at this Letter to the Editor published in the 3/17/2016 issue of the Asheboro Courier Tribune, endorsed by nearly two dozen local residents, called “Our Local Economy Will Be Getting the Bypass, Too.” Unbeknownst to most, the entire…

Are there states where the Department of Transportation works out of pure interests for the people, and not for power, political, or financial gain? The NC DOT may have more troubles coming its way in the near future. (And they don’t seem to be able to admit when they may have made a mistake.) According…

Last week, we told you about the N.C. Supreme Court case Kirby v. NC DOT, case that will determine whether the NC government has the right to legally take land from property owners just because they might want to build a road on the land sometime in the future. (Read that blog here: https://www.nclandlawyer.com/blog/uncategorized/nc-supreme-court-to-rule-on-unfair-property-taking-by-nc-dot) A story…

As a part of the Map Act (which allows the NC DOT to take a person’s property “just in case” they want to build a road there in a year or two or twenty), under North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S.) 105-277.9 and 105-277.9A, property owners are supposed to get an automatic tax rate reduction of 50%…

The biggest landowner-related legal issue right now is the case called Kirby v. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT). The decision will affect property owners across all of North Carolina, not only the plaintiff in the case. Here’s the case in a nutshell:  Right now, thanks to a law called the Map Act, the…

For residents in Wake County affected by the future southern Highway 540 beltline loop, the North Carolina DOT just announced the elimination of the ‘red route’ from the roadway alternatives.  The process of determining the final route will linger for many months to come, but this is at least one step forward. Henson Fuerst currently…

Imagine this: You buy or inherit a tract of land and plan to build your dream home; the home you want to raise your family in; your retirement home. Before you can pour the foundation, the government designates your land part of a “Transportation Corridor”an area being considered for road development. The result: Your land is…