Federal agencies begin process of taking Laredo land for border wall

Laredo Morning Times ^ | December 10th, 2019 | Julia Wallace

[WASCWatch]

Just takes good negotiating skills to get a great deal from the government. If they want it bad enough, they will pay a largely inflated value. Key is to not be too greedy.

[BeauBo]

“any discussion about rerouting the river”?

Since the river is the International boundary, it is governed by a ratified treaty.

To accommodate water needs for ranchers, water can be piped to other side of the fence. For farmland, homes or businesses, or even recreational use, gates can be installed with keypad access.

[eastexsteve]

right-of-way generally implies ownership; are you sure you didn’t just give up a pipeline easement?

No, it implies access. They have to have access to it to maintain it. They don't own it. The only thing they own is the pipe in the ground. It's all still part of my deed at the court house.

Many people make the mistake of thinking that the landowner no longer owns the well platform or pipeline. So, much so, that they think they can freely drive down it with four-wheelers or hunt on it just because it's a pipeline or well site. They find out differently the hard way if the land owner, deputy, or game warden catches them on it.

[catnipman]

“No, it implies access. “

in most states, that’s a type of easement; generally, easements are publicly recorded use-rights by one party of a property owned by another party ... utility easements are the quintessential examples of easements in which utility infrastructure is located on someone else’s property along with rights of access for maintenance activities ...