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Third‑generation farmer asks Cary council to pursue eminent domain for sewer easement

Cary Town Council · December 12, 2025
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Summary

Jeff Pierce asked the council to encourage quick eminent domain action if sewer easement negotiations are not resolved by Feb. 1, saying his family’s developer cannot afford the $2.1 million pumping solution and that the sewer easement is blocking a proposed 55‑lot, 55+ development on Cary‑side farmland.

Jeff Pierce, speaking during the Public Speaks Out portion of the Dec. 11 Cary Town Council meeting, said his family owns a third‑generation farm on Pierce Olive Road and is trying to develop 25 acres on the Cary side for a 55-and‑over residential community.

"We are trying…

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