A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
GGW: Tunnel Tussle
Greater Greater Washington reports that the owner of the tunnel DDOT wants to use to get the streetcar into Union Station isn't so jazzed about the idea.
4 comments:
jamie
said...
Eminent domain. Make it happen--this is ten times more worthy than what the city of New London, CT pulled in the Kelo case.
Never been a fan of eminent domain or implying that one group's interest is more ``worthy'' than another's. Either way I think we can all see the end result here, the developer will hold out to drive up the price, the city will pay them millions more than planned to go away and we'll be able to punch a hole in the bridge. Wonderful. nothing to see to here folks, move along.
and the New London example by the way is an awful case to hold up as a benchmark. that was probably one of the most poorly handled instances of eminent domain and ultimately had no positive economic impact. isn't that site a barren lot now.
This is exactly what eminent domain is best used for. Freeways, rail lines, parks, etc. No infrastructure could ever be built if the Government couldn't do this. In fact, my family had *two* properties taken by eminent domain a few decades ago... one for a rail line, another for a university building.
The tricky aspects - which the Kelo case addressed - is the government using eminent domain to take property from one private owner to turn around and give to another private owner for new development.
In this case, hopefully the process will be quick so we can ride the new streetcar soon!
4 comments:
Eminent domain. Make it happen--this is ten times more worthy than what the city of New London, CT pulled in the Kelo case.
Never been a fan of eminent domain or implying that one group's interest is more ``worthy'' than another's. Either way I think we can all see the end result here, the developer will hold out to drive up the price, the city will pay them millions more than planned to go away and we'll be able to punch a hole in the bridge. Wonderful. nothing to see to here folks, move along.
and the New London example by the way is an awful case to hold up as a benchmark. that was probably one of the most poorly handled instances of eminent domain and ultimately had no positive economic impact. isn't that site a barren lot now.
This is exactly what eminent domain is best used for. Freeways, rail lines, parks, etc. No infrastructure could ever be built if the Government couldn't do this. In fact, my family had *two* properties taken by eminent domain a few decades ago... one for a rail line, another for a university building.
The tricky aspects - which the Kelo case addressed - is the government using eminent domain to take property from one private owner to turn around and give to another private owner for new development.
In this case, hopefully the process will be quick so we can ride the new streetcar soon!
to ro:
that's because pfizer backed out. in this case, the streetcar is driving all the economic development. the streetcar tracks are built.
eminent domain applies in this case.
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