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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:11 AM

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A home is moved down U.S. 59 in May 2006. Many homes have been relocated because of construction of a new highway.

‘Eminent domain’ makes projects like U.S. 59 possible

By CLEON RICKEL, Herald Senior Writer

Kansas used the power of “eminent domain” to get the land for the new U.S. 59 expressway in Franklin and Douglas counties.

 Eminent domain is the right of the government to take private property for public use. However, state and federal laws also require that property owners receive just compensation, Ron Kaufman, chief of KDOT’s Bureau of Public Involvement, said.

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