The city of Newton will begin the eminent domain process and condemnation proceedings to acquire land to build a railroad spur to serve the Kansas Logistics Park. They approved a resolution to begin the process at their Tuesday commission meeting. “It’s been a little while since we’ve seen condemnation,” City Attorney Chris Towle said, explaining that the act allows the government to take private property and compensate a property owner with a fair market value for the property.” The state recently announced a $3.04 million award to the city to pay for the spur. The resolution allows the city to begin surveying and providing a description of the area that the city would need to use for a rail spur. The city isn’t locked into condemning an area once the survey is completed.
Source: Harvey County Now
