EMINENT DOMAIN AND LAND USE MEMORANDUM
THREE RECENT REPORTS ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS ARE EXCERPTED AND ABSTRACTED. THE FIRST DEALS WITH LEGAL ASPECTS OF APPRECIATION OR DEPRECIATION OF LAND ACQUIRED FOR HIGHWAYS AS A RESULT OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT AN EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE OWNER SHOULD PROFIT OR SUFFER FROM THE RESULTING SPECULATION, OR WHETHER CHANGES IN VALUE SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE PUBLIC. THE SECOND REPORT TREATS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BY COMPARING WAGES AND INDUSTRIAL AND FARM VALUES IN COUNTIES TOUCHED AND UNTOUCHED BY THE ROAD. THE THIRD REPORT DEVELOPS A TECHNIQUE FOR ASCERTAINING WHETHER VISUAL ELEMENTS OF A ROAD, BE THEY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING OR DISPLEASING, ARE PREFERABLE TO THEIR ABSENCE FROM THE STANDPOINTS OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND PLEASURABILITY OF THE TRIP AS A WHOLE.
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- Publication Date: 1970-10
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 6p
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Serial:
- Highway Research Circular
- Issue Number: 115
- Publisher: Highway Research Board (HRB)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Appraisals; Arterial highways; Economic impacts; Eminent domain; Interchanges; Property acquisition; Right of way (Land); Roadside improvement; Streets; Traffic volume; Urban highways
- Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
- Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Law; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00238831
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM