WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) —Some in Kansas are concerned about a proposed energy corridor that could run through parts of the state and use eminent domain to clear the way .
Kansas leaders in Washington, D.C., are hearing from residents worried about losing their land.
Senator Roger Marshall and Representatives Ron Estes and Tracey Mann were at a legislative panel on Monday to discuss oil and gas. If the route were approved, it would be about five miles wide.
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The concern is that the government could use eminent domain to take properties within that five-mile range to expand electrical transmission projects as they see fit, which could upend current residents.
The corridor appears to go around the already-planned “Grain Belt Express,” a high-capacity transmission line transporting electricity through the region.