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Cities and county engineers urge Senate to remove language barring eminent domain for trails
Summary
Multiple municipal planning groups and county engineers told the committee House budget language that would exclude recreational trails from "public use" for eminent domain would harm transportation planning and risk legal fights; speakers asked the Senate to strike the provision.
Speakers representing the Mid‑Ohio Regional Planning Commission, county engineers association and municipal leaders told the committee that House language barring use of eminent domain for recreational trails would hamper local planning, risk legal challenges and could delay funded projects.
Emily Keeler, council president of the City of Grandview Heights, described trails as integral to transportation and economic activity and opposed removing recreational trails…
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