Part of an Ohio family’s property is being seized so a local government can build a bicycle path. Authorities in Washington Township, Ohio, used eminent domain to seize a swath of land that runs through a farm owned by Jennie Granato and her family.
The bike path would take up most of Granato’s front lawn and run within a few feet of her front door. Granato’s family has reportedly lived on the property for more than 150 years.
The entity that is building the bike path, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, never held a public hearing on the issue and never allowed Granato’s uncle to speak about the land grab at a public meeting. Instead, the Commission sent bulldozers and workmen to the Granato property, where they started tearing out trees and the lawn.
Driving Down Property Values
Granato believes that the Commission may have delayed hearings in an attempt to drive down her property values. That way the Montgomery County government, which built the path, could reduce the amount by which it had to reimburse property owners.
Once the path is done, bicycles will be whizzing by Granato’s front door at 10 to 20 miles an hour. In other words, Granato and her family are now in danger every time they walk out their front door.
If that wasn’t outrageous enough, Granato believes that seeing the destruction and desecration of the family home caused her 85-year-old grandmother to have a heart attack. The elderly woman eventually died of the heart attack.
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