In this video, Landowner Rights Attorney Philip Hundl shares information about the TLM (The Last Mile) Pipeline Project. If you’re impacted by this or any other pipeline project, you should get the help of a knowledgeable lawyer to guide you through the condemnation process. Call Philip at 800-266-4870 or text the office at 979-320-9320. Our offices are in Wharton County and we help landowners all over Texas.
Summary of TLM (The Last Mile) Pipeline Video
Hi, Phil Hundl here with a quick pipeline update on the TLM pipeline (The Last Mile) Pipeline is what it’s being referred to as. This pipeline will run what, our understanding, is a 20-inch diameter pipeline, high pressure, natural gas line going to run in between the compressor station and Sheridan in Colorado County and follow a very similar route to the Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline Project from several years ago that ran from Sheridan to Hungerford, Texas, the large Kinder Morgan compressor station just outside of Hungerford, Texas, in Wharton County.
This is a project that, our understanding, at least right now, is going to be from Sheridan to Hungerford, so Colorado County, Wharton County, 20-inch natural gas, high-pressure line. What are some things that we always remind landowners about? You have already probably gotten contacted by the right of way agents to request survey access, or actually, some of them have already been asking for or proposing to buy easements from landowners without actually even doing the initial surveying which is always a concern because you don’t know exactly where the easement will go. You may think you know where it’s going to go, but we don’t know until they have a chance to survey it and it’s actually staked.
I do not believe any staking has happened yet. I think they’re just still asking for or requesting survey access. When you’re thinking about granting survey access, I suggest there are things that you should keep in mind, limit the access, limit the time of access, the duration, and how they will be accessing your property.
We have seen issues with folks that have cattle or livestock, gates being left open. So we need to be real careful about what kind of access we’re giving these folks for this initial surveying. So lots of things to think about when granting access. Always as suggested, contact an attorney that handles eminent domain cases for landowners so that you can better understand your rights and the obligations of the condemnor.
So with that, The Last Mile Pipeline was being referred to as or that’s what it’s been called or what I’ve seen, not sure exactly if it will continue to have that name or if it will change. We see that sometimes with these projects the name will change. That recently happened with the Warrior Project up in Northwest or West Texas. So the names of these projects can oftentimes change from one to the other, given the different investors or companies that are involved with them.
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