With planning efforts for TxDOT’s I-14 extension project in full swing, approximately 170 property owners in Temple and Belton, Texas, are expected to experience impacts from the proposed right-of-way needs for the...
Topic: Eminent Domain / Condemnation
Eminent Domain Returns to the Rio Grande: What the Federal Border Wall Project Means for Texas Landowners
October 27, 2025
With the border wall project ramping back up, Texas landowners along the Rio Grande River are once again facing familiar challenges. As Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Findell’s article “Trump’s Border Wall Is...
Timeline Extended for Marvin Nichols Reservoir in Northeast Texas as Eminent Domain Questions Remain
October 27, 2025
The proposed 66,000-acre Marvin Nichols reservoir in Northeast Texas designed to supply water to the Dallas-Fort Worth region, reached a turning point earlier this fall. After months of dispute between the North Texas water...
About the Bastrop-Austin Jet Fuel Pipeline Flint Hills Resources, the primary aviation fuel supplier for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), plans to construct a 20-mile underground pipeline from Bastrop County to...
The Trident Pipeline project in Southeast Texas is progressing, and landowners near the project’s proposed path are beginning to receive right-of-entry letters from survey crews and initial offers. While the project is...
Dallas to Houston Bullet Train Project Acquired by Private Investment Firm after Federal Funding Loss
May 9, 2025
A private investment firm, Kleinheinz Capital Partners Inc., will take over the Texas bullet train project from Dallas to Houston after federal funding fell through on the previous agreement between Amtrak and the Federal...
Austin Light Rail Project Moves Forward While Businesses and Homes Face Displacement
February 19, 2025
Despite a scaled-down vision for Austin’s light rail project, the approved rail line will still have a significant impact on local properties. Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) expects to take 84 acres across 308 parcels,...
The Marvin Nichols Reservoir: What East Texas Landowners Need to Know About Eminent Domain
December 10, 2024
Water shortages are top of mind as the population of the Dallas-Fort Worth area continues to grow. To meet demand, the Region D Water Planning Group, which holds jurisdiction over 19 counties, proposed building a $7 billion...
Map of DeLa Express pipeline proposed route courtesy of DeLa Express, LLC The 690-mile DeLa Express pipeline project continues to be in the pre-filing phase after the end of the public comment period in September, but...
Texas High Speed Rail Authority: Insights from Barron Adler Attorney Nicholas Laurent
October 10, 2024
As Texas lawmakers debate the formation of a Texas High Speed Rail Authority, concerns about how the growing rail infrastructure will impact landowners are at the forefront of discussion. If established, the Texas High Speed...