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Thursday, September 29, 2011
McKeesport Area plans to pursue eminent domain Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 29, 2011 …The owner of the Bucks Property, Robert DeTorre, is opposed to the district taking the land by eminent domain. Several speakers supported him at the hearing... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Commission hears plans for auto-parts store The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Sep 28, 2011 …The building where the store is now, 702 S. Center St., will be demolished by the state for a project to rehabilitate the bridge. Officials said the state used eminent domain to acquire the property along with a house across the street… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, September 26, 2011
York County firm pitches $7 billion Alabama toll road York Daily Record, York, PA – Sep 25, 2011 …"As a private company, they couldn't condemn or use eminent domain unless they had an agreement in place with the local and state government," Harris said. "(Mathias) doesn't have those agreements."… Inergy Lines Up Congressmen and Senators to Fight Locals for NY Gas Storage-Transportation Network DC Bureau, Washington, DC - Sep 23, 2011 …Thirty-five Pennsylvania state representatives supported EPA’s stance in a letter to FERC. They noted that FERC’s final approval would clear the way for Inergy to use eminent domain to seize land in the pipeline’s path… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, September 23, 2011
Hazle Twp. supers approve land sale The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA – Sep 23, 2011 The Hazle Township supervisors sold some of the land acquired through eminent domain a few years ago while securing property for Hazle Township Boulevard... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Third McKeesport school to cost $31.7 million Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 22, 2011 …The school is planned for a 26-acre parcel known as the Bucks Property that is adjacent to Penn State's Greater Allegheny campus. The district does not own the property but plans to take it through the eminent domain process... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Strip receives key designation Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Sep 21, 2011 …Planning commissioners approved the certification under the condition that neither the city nor any of its agencies, such as the Urban Redevelopment Authority, would use or allow the use of eminent domain to take property for development... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
$2G and an alley settle road fight The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA – Sep 20, 2011 …Calvin and Rosanna Martin claimed the district took away the only access to the East Main Street rental home they purchased in 2006, without pursuing the matter through the Eminent Domain Act… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, September 19, 2011
Pittsburgh seeking new ways to keep up with number of vacant properties Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 18, 2011 …Allegheny County, through its Vacant Property Program, helps municipalities, community development corporations and others take ownership of vacant tax-delinquent property by flexing the eminent domain-like authority it has under the state's Urban Redevelopment Authority law… Palo Alto takes possession of 'deplorable' property Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA – Sep 17, 2011 …In a declaration of taking filed in Schuylkill County Court, the borough took the property at 19 E. Savory St. by using its power of eminent domain… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, September 16, 2011
Board gives 60 days for blighted properties
…The owners, who did not attend the hearing, now have 60 days to
fix up the place or get a rehabilitation agreement with the city. If they miss
that deadline, the committee can go a step further, certifying the property as
blighted. That gives the city the right to take it by eminent domain…
Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Monroeville authority dismisses housing rumors Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Sep 15, 2011 …Tom Wilson, chairman of the Redevelopment Authority, said during Tuesday's council meeting that rumors the authority sought to bring in subsidized housing and use eminent domain to acquire properties are false… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Marcellus firm Laser doesn't want to be a utility anymore, but Peregrine does Pittsburgh Business Times, PA – Sep 13, 2011 …The withdrawal, on Sept. 8, follows a year and a half of vehement opposition from 1. other pipeline operators who worry that granting utility status would also throw them under the authority of the Public Utility Commission, and 2. citizens and group who don't want the company to have eminent domain authority... Gas pipeline firm in Pa. pulls utility application The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Associated Press) – Sep 12, 2011 ...Laser's application also stirred up concern from some residents in northern Pennsylvania that the case would open the door to allowing pipeline companies to condemn private property. Public utilities have the ability to go to court to seek eminent domain on private property... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, September 12, 2011
Township to pursue historic designation for Red Rose Inn Daily Local News, West Chester, PA – Sep 12, 2011 …The township is in the process of taking ownership of the property through eminent domain, and township officials may face appeals before they have a clear title in hand… Erie housing coalition begins fight against blight Erie Times-News, Erie, PA –Sep 10, 2011 …"Every property is different," said Rich Bertges, the development director for the Erie Redevelopment Authority, which can, in some cases, take land through eminent domain. "Every property brings a different problem to the table."… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, September 09, 2011
Legislators eye pipeline safety issue Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Sep 9, 2011 …Critics of PUC involvement have said it could open the door to give eminent domain rights to pipeline companies or to subject them to rate regulation... Allentown claims 2nd property for arena The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Sep 8, 2011 …the city moved Wednesday to condemn the historic Dime Savings and Trust property. The city has said the building at 12 N. Seventh St., which appears on the National Register of Historic Places, may be incorporated into the arena's façade… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
State Condemning, Taking Land To Rebuild 422 Bridges The Sanatoga Post, Sanatoga, PA – Sep 6, 2011 Attention, Mr. and Mrs. Unknown. Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is preparing to take your property in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township under an eminent domain proceeding and use it for partial reconstruction next year of U.S. Route 422, unless you object by Oct. 3 (2011)… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, September 05, 2011
Hard-to-reach utility poles can delay getting the power back on; moving them wouldn't be easy York Daily Record, York, PA – Sep 4, 2011 …Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission spokeswoman Jennifer Kocher said the commission would have to issue a declaration of public need before a company could use eminent domain. The county Common Pleas Court would have to officially grant the eminent domain, and if it did, would determine fair compensation for the property owner. New Harrisburg improvement project costs $9 million ABC27 News, WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA – Sep 3, 2011 …The project started back in 2001 and stalled five years later due to design changes and battles over eminent domain. But now the money is secured and the project is ready to begin… Photo show in Blairstown documents abandoned Tocks Island Dam project's legacy Warren Reporter, NJ – Sep 2, 2011 …The lake would be 40 miles long, covering land in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It would be the largest dam east of the Mississippi River. Mostly using the powers of eminent domain and condemnation, the government acquired some 72,000 acres, with little concern about the displaced property owners. In the process, towns, homes, farms and human lives were destroyed… City files first eminent domain claim for proposed arena 69 News, WFMZ-TV, Allentown, PA – Sep 2, 2011 The city of Allentown has filed its first eminent domain claim to make way for the planned hockey arena at 7th and Hamilton streets… Demolition to clear arena space to begin in November The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Sep 1, 2011 …And while Frank said he expects several others to agree soon, the city has sent a clear message on what will happen if they don't. Last week, the city filed its first eminent domain claim for the project against a New York City investment group that owns 719 Hamilton St… Blog – Jacqueline S. Homan: Another Charlatan Exposed: Eugene Strong and the McKees Rocks Mounds AlterNet.org – Sep 1, 2011 …The Seneca that once lived in that region had to be relocated to Salamanca, New York after their reserve in western Pennsylvania was flooded and taken by eminent domain for the construction of the Kinzua Dam. They are the closest “culturally affiliated” and federally recognized tribe that would be the ones connected with the McKees Rocks Mounds… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Allegheny County prepared to snag Negley family property Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Sep 1, 2011 Saying they can't find legal heirs to the property, Allegheny County officials are preparing to take by eminent domain the remnants of property in Tarentum that belonged to a member of one of Pittsburgh's most prominent families, the Negleys... New city zoning may jump-start West Springettsbury Avenue college housing project York Daily Record, York, PA – Aug 31, 2011 …The historic duplex adjacent to the York College campus had a leaking roof, rotten deck, drooping ceilings and a crumbling foundation, city officials argued at the time. They moved quickly to certify the property as blighted and seized it via eminent domain… |
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