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Don’t Forget the Tankers |
Due to the location of Gasoline Station/Convenience Store
properties at heavily traveled intersections, those types of properties are
often the subject of acquisitions for road widening projects. In
analyzing these types of properties the Right of Way Professional should
remember that the starting point has to be access and on-site circulation for
the gasoline delivery tankers. If the tankers can’t deliver fuel that
site is no longer going to be a Gasoline Station.
When you are doing your initial analysis of the site locate
the Underground Storage Tanks, and determine how the tankers get to the site,
deliver fuel, and exit the property. By doing this analysis early in the
process (30% Construction Plans or sooner) you may be able to affect a change
of the proposed taking, which could save your clients significant money in
compensation and damages.
Remember as I emphasized in my last Blog “Get Off Your Butts”, and go into the field. It is the only way to really understand how a property works, and how the proposed acquisition from that property could impact its operation and use. |