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| Tennessee using eminent domain to seize farmland to connect electric truck and battery plants to interstate |
| 2023-04-11 |
| [Blaze] The state of Tennessee is using eminent domain to seize land in order to build connecting roads from a new electric truck plant to the interstate, undervaluing the land of local farmers in a series of lawsuits, according to the Tennessee Lookout. Blue Oval City, an electric truck and battery assembly complex named after the Ford logo, is set to be operational in 2025. The state's department of transportation has planned a new highway to service the massive development, which would allow employees and shipments alike to travel into and out of the area. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the state is looking to purchase or seize 35 separate tracts to construct connections and widenings to link the Ford campus with a new exit to accommodate workers and manufacturing. The state has taken 15 tracts so far, according to a spokesperson, and is in negotiations with property owners for the remaining 20. Related: Commercial Appeal - SK On: 5 things to know about Ford's partner on Blue Oval City project |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Two words: Toll Road, fees to pay the property holders. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-04-11 15:50 |
| #4 Wonder how many are black owned? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-04-11 13:23 |
| #3 Responding to Beso @ #1: If we take the late, great 'Superconducting Supercollider' as an example, what happens is, people get eminent domained off their hundred year family farm, project goes belly up, and no, you can't get your land back. Largest current use of the hole: growing mushrooms. (I'm not kidding.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-04-11 09:45 |
| #2 Some factories never open. Others never make product. This one will not get far. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-04-11 08:11 |
| #1 A rhetorical question of course, but when the government subsidies end and the Unicorn ranching goes bankrupt, who then owns and controls the properties ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-11 01:46 |