Bluegrass Pipeline draws eminent domain fears; public meeting scheduled
“Williams has reached deals with some landowners in nine out of 13 Kentucky counties where the proposed pipeline would run, company officials have said. They haven’t publicly announced how many landowners have signed the easement agreements.
Williams has had its “land team” in the field for about three weeks and doesn’t yet have representatives working on agreements in all 13 counties, Droege said.
Meanwhile, landowners are concerned that Williams will resort to eminent domain to buy their properties.
One farmer, who didn’t want to be identified, said he revoked the company’s right to survey his land and is now concerned that the issue is dividing his community.
“My fear is, even if they say, ‘We don’t want to use eminent domain’ but then threaten people with that, that weighs upon (residents),” said Sonya Unnoppet, whose father owns a Nelson County farm near the proposed line.”
Keith, Theo. Wave 3 News 21 October 2013.