[muawiyah]

They don't usually BUY the land from the owners until the highway route is established and all the environmental impact studies are done.

My guess is most of the "rightful owners' are going to be mighty disappointed that the state isn't going to be buying their land near I35 now.

Any of you people ever live near an Interstate carrying lots of heavy truck traffic?

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I thought so. You don't know.

[MrEdd]

Not even close.

One of the things about the TTC that had Texans up in arms was the Kelo vs. New London style eminant domain abuse to avoid offering anything close to market value for the land. Including huge tracts wherever there might have been an interchange so political cronies could be awarded all comercial developement.

Landowners are glad to see this gone and if Perry ever runs for national office he may not carry Texas.

He has somewhat made amends by taking on the EPA.