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.
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.