Posted on 12/09/2019 3:59:02 PM PST by BeauBo
President Donald Trump aims to build (has already ready funded) 166 miles of border barrier in Texas...
Land acquisition in the Rio Grande Valley is about to enter a new phase this week, as U.S. attorneys began filing initial petitions in court while making cash offers to property owners, according to Justice Department officials with knowledge of the process.
On Friday, the federal government filed its first land acquisition case to condemn nearly 13 acres of private property in the Rio Grande Valley, a parcel near the river levee in Hidalgo County. The owner was offered $93,449 in compensation for the land.
As the government pushes to accelerate construction of what Trump has promised will be a total of 500 miles of new barrier by the end of 2020.
(Excerpt) Read more at nwaonline.com ...
some of the owners last names end in Z.
That’s a gay thing, right? At least it was in the 70s.
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