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In North Carolina over 100 homeowners are suing the federal government for invoking its power of eminent domain by taking property that was used as a rail road and converting it to a public walkway called the Ecusta Trail.
The plan for the Ecusta Trail is a 19.1-mile pedestrian walkway along an abandoned train rail. Landowners that have railroad easements on their property are eligible to make a claim.
Some of the concerns from landowners are loss of privacy, trespassing, inability to cross over the rail-trail conversion, loss of access to the river and a negative impact to farming operations.
If the landowners win the case, compensation will vary and will include severance damages and the value of the land taken.