Victims of the Map Act won their case in the N.C. Supreme Court this month, but their victory will put even more pressure on the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Homeowners whose property was taken by the government for highway projects may be out of luck if Gov. Roy Cooper signs the transportation bill on his desk.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 9:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After decades of litigation and hundreds of millions of dollars in court-ordered settlements, the legislature has finally repealed the Map Act.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2019 @ 3:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State senators voted June 12 to repeal the Map Act, the law allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to freeze development on property within a highway corridor. The vote was unanimous.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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July 1 is when a moratorium on the Map Act expires. House Bill 131 would formally do away with the state’s Transportation Corridor Official Map Act.
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @ 12:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Map Act may have reached the end of the road.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Forsyth Superior Court Judge John O. Craig III issued a July 6 sanction penalizing the N.C. Department of Transportation for missing a May 28 deadline for appraising Winston-Salem properties affected by the Map Act
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Shawn and Cindy Weeks would like nothing more than to move
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Court of Appeals released three separate rulings in Map Act cases, dealing another blow to the North Carolina Department of Transportation
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2018 @ 2:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's time to pay up, a Superior Court judge told the N.C. Department of Transportation last week after issuing another order in a longstanding fight over the Map Act
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 9:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governments cannot realistically take enough money from citizens to pay for all the repairs and construction people say we need
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 1:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Transportation planning in North Carolina took a wrong turn in 1987 when the General Assembly approved a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A decision last year by the N.C. Supreme Court ordering the state to compensate fairly property owners who filed a lawsuit over the Map Act appeared to signal a win for all people living in planned highway corridors throughout North Carolina, most notably a proposed beltline around Winston-Salem
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 4:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The lead attorney representing landowners in a landmark property rights case says North Carolina residents must know how Gov. Roy Cooper's pick for transportation will handle compensation for the plaintiffs
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Superior Court judge has set a timetable for the N.C. Department of Transportation to complete appraisals and begin making deposits to property owners within highway corridors under the state's Map Act.
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's controversial Map Act could be coming to an end, as the House on Wednesday adopted a bill placing a one-year moratorium on any new corridor maps from being filed under the act
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2016 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision this month in Kirby v. North Carolina Department of Transportation
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday handed hundreds of property owners in highway corridors a victory by ruling unanimously that restrictions placed on landowners by the state's Map Act amounted to a use of eminent domain requiring just compensation
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 4:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last Friday the John Locke Foundation filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs in Kirby v. NCDOT, a case that is currently before the NC Supreme Court. We filed as amicus curiae ("a friend of the court") because we wanted to bring certain facts and arguments to the Court's attention.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation has a long-standing interest in the Map Act, which we have criticized for being "inefficient, unfair, and unnecessary." We have repeatedly urged the General Assembly to repeal or reform it. We have also taken a keen interest in Kirby v. NCDOT and in the legal and...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is inefficient, unfair, unconstitutional, and unnecessary. That's the assessment of North Carolina's Map Act from Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Full-scale repeal offers the only solution for N.C. legislators to fix all problems tied to the state's Map Act. That's the conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week the NC House voted unanimously to approve a bill (HB 183) that would repeal in its entirety a contentious piece of legislation known as the Map Act. As I explained in a previous newsletter, when the General Assembly passed the Map Act in 1987 its declared purpose was...
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A couple of weeks ago I discussed an excellent NC Court of Appeals decision in which the Court held that development moratoria imposed under the Map Act constitute takings for which just compensation must be paid. Today I'm happy to report that the General Assembly is already responding to that hold
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 1:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As landowners wait to see if the N.C. Department of Transportation will appeal a recent decision enhancing property rights along highway corridors, lawmakers in Raleigh have filed bills that would limit the grip of the state's Map Act or eliminate it altogether.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday the N.C. Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that strikes at the heart of a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. Here at the John Locke Foundation, we have been urging the General Assembly to repeal or reform the Map Act for some time. Now, however, thanks to...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hundreds of North Carolinians who own property in swaths of land that the N.C. Department of Transportation has staked out for highways are awaiting action in state courts.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 7:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Map Act is "like a drug" for the N.C. Department of Transportation, allowing the department to limit development and other uses of targeted properties until the time and price are right for DOT acquisition.
Published: Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents one Forsyth County case in which Map Act restrictions have limited private...
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How the Map Act threatens NC property owners: The North Carolina Map Act virtually freezes property development within proposed road corridors by blocking building permit and subdivision applications for up to three years.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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