Finally! Good news for property owners in North Carolina. If your land has been tied up by the DOT, that’s about to change. Since 1989, the State of NC has been preventing landowners from building on or improving their own real estate if it was located in areas that might be affected by future highway […]
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To many North Carolinians, our property is one of our most important assets; however, our state’s laws allow the government to seize land if it’s deemed the property can benefit the public. This is typically referred to as eminent domain. There are loopholes in these laws though that can be used to unfairly compensate a
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The New York Times has reported on new research that links scores of earthquakes to fracking wells near a fault in Ohio. The research, published in The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, says that fracking in Ohio built up underground pressures, which then caused earthquakes along a fault near the wells. According to
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HensonFuerst land condemnation lawyer Anne Duvoisin, who is based out of Boone, NC, is investigating a number of projects that will affect landowners in her immediate area of Watauga County in the coming decade. If you think you may be affected by any of these eminent domain projects, it’s not too soon to start learning
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You’ve bought some land and use the property as your residence or place of business. Then one day, you receive a letter saying the government is going to purchase your land regardless of whether or not you want to sell. You ask yourself, “Is this legal?” The North Carolina land condemnation attorneys with HensonFuerst explain
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Land condemnation is a serious threat a large number of North Carolinians face each year. This refers to the spans of privately owned acreage that are taken by the state or federal government for public use or benefit. Landowners are not always compensated for their loss of property and even if they are, the money
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Walker Cassidy had a dream of farming his own land, building a home, and honoring the memory of a dear friend in the process. Instead, he has ended up in a bureaucratic nightmare–despite owning 71 acres in Shelby, NC, he cannot build, farm, or even mow down the weeds. The state doesn’t even want him
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In early February 2014, a security guard at Duke’s Dan River Steam Station found that a pipe running under a 27-acre waste pond had collapsed, allowing 82,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of water to drain out. The spill turned the river cloudy for miles. Two health advisories have been released,
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On June 19, the North Carolina General Assembly ratified Governor McCrory’s revamp of state transportation planning and funding. The new law is officially called “An Act to Strengthen the Economy through Strategic Transportation Investments,” or “Strategic Transportation Investments” for short. It is a response to an anticipated $1.7 billion funding shortfall for North Carolina’s roadways—and
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On Friday, December 7, HensonFuerst attorney Anne Duvoisin met with Wake Forest residents to discuss possible actions now that some local well water has been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals. On November 7, 2012, we wrote about the frightening and infuriating news of water contamination in the Wake Forest neighborhood of Stony Hill.
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