Rural interests in Illinois are celebrating the Federal Transportation Safety Board’s denial of the Great Lakes Basin Rail.
Rural interests opposed the new stateline rail and say that eminent domain laws in Illinois should be changed in these 2 manners:
- It should be more rare for eminent domain to be used against farm land
- If eminent domain should be used against famr land it should be a higher standard.
State eminent domain laws that treat rural land differently…how many states would say yes to that?
Stateline | Stateliners Glad Great Lakes Basin Railroad Proposal Denied