Research reveals property owners along proposed route
“Government construction, whether of roads or buildings, has some kind of economic impact on property owners and businesses in the affected area. New buildings, like a new judicial center, can draw more traffic, and so more customers to nearby businesses. New roads have the same effect.
According to the Federal Highway Administration, part of the process of building a road involves acquiring the land through which it passes. This is done by purchase or eminent domain. In eminent domain, the owner still receives compensation. The same will happen when the Florida Department of Transportation decides on a final design after its Project Development and Environment (PD&E) study for alleviating traffic on US 90. No matter what design FDOT chooses, somebody will receive compensation for any land FDOT needs.”
Little, Aaron. Santa Rosa Press Gazette 27 September 2014.