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Eminent domain
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Op-Ed: Connecticut’s misuse of eminent domain must end
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is over-reaching when it uses the right of eminent domain to sequester four private bus company licenses to operate between Hartford and New Britain — the route of the new CTfastrak bus system. This is a new and egregious misapplication of the right of eminent domain.
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Connecticut’s misuse of eminent domain must end
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is over-reaching when it uses the right of eminent domain to sequester four private bus company licenses to operate between Hartford and New Britain — the route of the new CTfastrak bus system. This is a new and egregious misapplication of the right of eminent domain.