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Freeways versus Homeowners: The Case of Eminent Domain

The I-15 is going to be widened as part of a four phase project called Project Neon.  With the expansion some homes and businesses will have to be demolished.  When does the public good outweigh a homeowner's rights?  What sort of value do these homeowners and business owners get for their properties considering they are being forced to leave?

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Cristina Gibson, resident, Saratoga Meadows Neighborhood
Shelly Walters, Saratoga Meadows Neighborhood
Paul Saucedo, Chief Right of Way Agent
Cole Mortensen Project Manager for Project Neon
Kermitt Waters, led the People's Initiative to Stop the Taking of Our Land [PISTOL], attorney, Law Offices of Kermitt L. Waters

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