Ameren Uses Eminent Domain To Access Properties Around Springfield
“Ameren now has permission to use eminent domain in it’s effort to build a major power line across central Illinois. The State Commerce Commission voted unanimously to let the electric company gain access to 20…
Ameren receives eminent domain authority to install major power line
“State regulators have granted Ameren Tranmission Co. eminent domain authority on two sections of a major power line planned across central Illinois. A third request is pending, and others seem likely. Members of the Illinois…
No interest in eminent domain in school siting
“The Champaign school board has no interest in using eminent domain to acquire property around Spalding Park for a new high school, school board President Laurie Bonnett said Thursday. “We don’t want to force anybody…
Five towns refile water system lawsuit
“The communities that are seeking to take over American Lake Water pipelines have refiled their eminent domain lawsuit, after it was withdrawn this spring to address a legal technicalty. Homer Glen, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Lemont and…
Enbridge plans open house on controversial pipeline project
“Enbridge, the company that plans to build a 167-mile pipeline from Flanagan to Patoka, will have team members at an open house Thursday to answer questions about the project. It’s the last of four open…
ILLINOIS REGULATORS OK EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PIPELINE
“llinois regulators say Enbridge Pipelines can use eminent domain to build a 167-mile pipeline in Central Illinois. The Bloomington bureau of Lee Enterprise Newspapers reports the Illinois Commerce Commission cleared the way for the company…
Enbridge gets OK to pursue eminent domain for pipeline
“The Illinois Commerce Commission has ruled Enbridge Pipelines can pursue eminent domain to get the remaining right-of-way it needs for a planned 167-mile pipeline from Flanagan to Patoka. Enbridge wants to begin construction on the…
Homeowners can challenge eminent domain compensation
“Q: My state government has plans to expand our rapid transit railway system, and many of us are concerned that they will take our houses to complete the project. What is the law on this?…
Water agency set to re-file eminent domain suit
“The Northern Will County Water Agency is preparing to re-file its eminent domain suit to take control of the water pipeline owned by private utility American Lake Water Company. Four of the agency’s five member…
City should have turned to TIFs instead of property tax hikes: study
“What the City of Chicago spent in each of the last several years on tax-increment financing funding exceeded what it owed in pension costs, so any proposal to raise property taxes to fund pensions should…