OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – An Oklahoma City property owner tells NewsNation affiliate KFOR an ongoing legal battle hasn’t been enough to stop an oil company’s plan to build a replacement pipeline through his backyard.
In October, KFOR spoke with farmer Don Eckroat who said he and other property owners nearby received a letter last year, informing them of Phillips 66 plans to build a replacement pipeline. The company says it plans to replace 37 miles of lines that run from Ponca City through Oklahoma City.
The part of the pipeline impacting Eckroat is near Britton Road and Midwest Boulevard.
Phillips 66 says the project is a public good, and has used Oklahoma’s eminent domain law to move forward with work regardless of Eckroat’s wishes.
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Eckroat’s farm primarily grows Bermuda grass, and he wants it to be capable of sustaining future generations of his family who are willing to keep it going. When KFOR crews first visited it in October, there seemed to be no indication work would be starting inside of Eckroat’s land in the immediate future; but that’s changed a month later.