by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Aggregate Production Operations, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines
The hearing on the merits against Vulcan Construction Materials ended early Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 80 people attended the two-day hearing, including Comal County residents currently living near the proposed quarry site, many of whom would share a fence line...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Hill Country landowners flooded a Travis County courtroom Tuesday hoping to thwart the construction of a natural gas pipeline they say poses safety risks and drives down the values of their multi-million dollar properties. Sitting shoulder to shoulder and wearing...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
Texas state lawmakers looking to reform the eminent domain process were unable to find common ground this session, despite hundreds of hours of negotiation. State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst’s Senate Bill 421 sought to better protect property owners when private...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Attorneys for Hill Country landowners along with the city of Kyle and Hays County have prepared for a fight this morning with lawyers for Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline and the Texas Railroad Commission over the route of the proposed natural gas pipeline and whether the... by admin | May 28, 2019 | Oil and Gas Pipelines
In July 2015, Neal Laferriere and his wife, Beth, purchased a home in Summers county, West Virginia. The first time they visited the property after purchasing it, they found stakes outlining what they would later find out to be the route for a gas pipeline. About two...
by admin | May 21, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Two years ago, Heinz Stefan Roesch bought a roughly 30-acre property along RR 1623, outside of the city of Blanco. His whole family is from the Hill Country, he said, and he had been saving all his life to buy something just like it. Last fall, he started hearing...
