It will not be the highest value offered in the early stages, but it will be greater than fair market value. The highest money will be paid early on. When we get to the stage of making a final route selection, we will work with the landowners to develop the best procedure for land valuation and other compensation issues. The process will be fair and open. No one will ever receive any surprise legal papers suggesting we are going to begin legal proceedings on eminent domain.
Reasonable people can work fairly and honorably with one another.
That is our goal. The proof will come in the form of our actions when the time comes to act on that issue. For now, we are focused on selecting the best route to most efficiently run this railroad, with the least amount of negative impact to landowners or anyone else possible. We welcome and would appreciate the opportunity to work with you. I have always responded that we did not have enough information to intelligently answer that question yet.