Dayton commission greenlights Water Street development downtown
“Dayton City Commission approved the development agreement for the Water Street project, although at least one neighbor isn’t happy. The commission approved the conditions for the $33.5 million project, which will include 50,000 square feet…
Easements being sought for Bluegrass Pipeline
“In the roughly two months before state legislators reconvene to consider bills that could block the Bluegrass Pipeline, the companies involved in the project are nailing down easements – and opponents are meticulously trying to…
Road projects, eminent domain and oil and gas operations
“Drive around Ohio and you can see road projects wherever you go. The government is widening roads, expanding roads and making new roads. Such projects almost always involve in part the government’s power of eminent…
Commissioners not sold on eminent domain plan by airport board
“Huron County Commissioner Gary Bauer sounded less than pleased Friday with the recent proceedings involving the airport. On Thursday, the airport authority board voted to hire an appraiser to obtain a current market price on…
Gas utility seeks land in Lafayette, Litchfield townships
“About 100 residents in Lafayette and Litchfield townships have received letters in the last week from Columbia Gas Transmission seeking to store natural gas beneath their property. Columbia owns and operates 11 gas storage fields…
Eminent domain trial postponed
“The trial in the eminent domain case of the Lawrence County Commission over acreage it wants at the Lawrence County Airport has been postponed. Originally, the case was to go before a jury in August….
Eminent domain threats persist in Ohio
“The ATEX will be buried below the ground in western Pennsylvania and cross 265 miles of Ohio on its way to its destination: ethylene manufacturing plants near Houston. The pipeline will run through 26 miles…
Eminent domain threats persist for pipeline in Ohio
“Bonifant’s farm in eastern Licking County was part of the original route. The woods in front of his home, where he and his wife walk with their children and young grandchildren, were to be turned…
Leesville wants to take farm to construct sewer system
“On Monday, a pre-trial conference was held in the Carroll County Court of Common Pleas as attorneys discussed the village council’s decision to take 4.5 acres of Joe and Catherine Nign’s farmland to construct a…
Pipeline plan has detractors
“The proposed pipeline covers 22 miles through Seneca County, from the eastern side of Tiffin through the Bloomville area in a southeasterly direction. Part of the line is to follow an existing easement where a…