Route 36 landowners unaware, eminent domain takings coming
“The Town of Pembroke was supposed to notify each and every landowner along 2.06 miles of Route 36 that a Commonwealth of Massachusetts highway project hearing was scheduled October 23, 2013, the same evening as baseball’s World Series opening game featuring the region’s own Red Sox team.
224 residents should have been told about the undertaking and the Town’s intention to take land by eminent domain if property is not voluntarily surrendered.
Of the 11 people who came to the meeting, three were politicians: Lew Stone, Dan Trabucco, and Josh Cutler.
Only 67-yr-old Roger Rehs of 432 Center Street spoke, saying that the project would make his already steep driveway impassable.”
Jones, Margeret. 27 October 2013.