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...
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...
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...
Georgetown and Round Rock in Williamson County will soon join Austin and San Antonio as the latest cities in central Texas to experience I-35 expansions. In April, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held its first...
Entergy Texas Inc. (ETI) has announced plans to design and construct a 130-mile transmission line, named the SETEX Area Reliability Project, in East Texas over the coming years. This significant infrastructure project will...
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in favor of the landowner in Texas Department of Transportation v. Self, a case filed by Barron Adler attorneys Nicholas Laurent and Blaire Knox. The case...