Update: South End Business Will Sell to CCTA
“Officials at the Chittenden County Transportation Authority say it needs more room for a growing fleet of buses. More than a year ago, it expressed interest in buying property adjacent to its current garage on…
Vt. Gas pledges to halt eminent domain use (for now)
“After receiving a request from Gov. Shumlin to do so, Vermont Gas Systems says it will hold off on filing eminent domain proceedings against landowners along the Phase I route of its pipeline. known as…
Shumlin Backs Landowners Asking Vermont Gas To Halt Eminent Domain Cases
“In response to pressure from landowners and Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vermont Gas Systems has agreed to temporarily stop pursuing legal action to secure rights-of-way along the route of the company’s Addison County pipeline. The move…
SHUMLIN ADMINISTRATION BACKS HOLD ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR VT GAS PIPELINE
“The Shumlin administration wants Vermont Gas Systems to halt eminent domain proceedings related to a 41-mile natural gas pipeline extension. The governor’s office sent a letter to Vermont Gas on Nov. 28 asking Vermont Gas…
Vermont Gas Systems welcomes opportunity to open dialogue with concerned landowners group
“Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) today announced that it will open a direct dialogue with a group of landowners who have raised concerns about the proposed extension of Vermont’s natural gas infrastructure into Addison County and…
Parties seek to reform eminent domain process
“Landowners along the proposed natural gas pipeline route say they will meet next week with the governor’s executive team to ask for a moratorium on land negotiations with Vermont Gas Systems until the end of…
Landowners in Monkton rebuff Vt. Gas offers for easements
“Vermont Gas Systems on Tuesday announced that it had secured 75 percent of the easements it needs to build Phase I of the Addison Rutland Natural Gas Project, a pipeline that will run 41 miles…
SPECIAL REPORT: LANDOWNERS TO FIGHT EMINENT DOMAIN
“hilip Beliveau opened a map of his planned 19-lot subdivision over a pile of books and outdoor magazines, and then slid his finger along a line indicating the location of a proposed natural gas pipeline…
Vermont Gas invokes eminent domain in pipeline expansion
“Vermont Gas intends to use eminent domain to secure four parcels of land along the route of its pipeline from Chittenden County south to Middlebury, according to filings with state regulators. A Vermont Gas attorney…
Shumlin: Hire appraiser in pipeline takings
“Gov. Peter Shumlin wants the Department of Public Service to hire an independent property appraiser to participate in eminent domain proceedings for the Addison-Rutland Natural Gas Project. “I am concerned at the transparency and equity…