This project requires 42 acres of land to be completed in accordance with the approved design, which will require land acquisition of 117 residential displacements, and 50 commercial displacements.
“…Of all that I have said, probably the most significant is how citizens will be compensated for their property. In my neighborhood association, 90 percent of us are senior citizens… And the critical question is if our property, if imminent domain takes our property, will we be able to afford to rebuild somewhere else. So it’s not so much the question of relocation as it is relocating at assessed value. It’s relocation with no funding to rebuild. So that whole law needs to be changed because it’s not just — you know, if I have a $40,000 cost assessed valuation, that doesn’t mean they’re going to give me $40,000, and I would be hard-pressed to be able to build a new home or find a suitable housing at that price…” – SP 41 (Community Voice)
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Citations
Hanson Professional Services. Retrieved September 27, 2017 (http://www.springfieldrailroad.com/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=184)
US Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration. 2012. “Chicago to St. Louis Volume II – Appendix F–Public Hearing Documentation.” Comment SP41. Washington, DC: Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved October 29 , 2017 (https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L03995).