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Did MBTA underpay for Weaver's Cove in Fall River? Jury to decide eminent domain lawsuit

A jury next year will hear a lawsuit over the 2020 land-taking of Weaver’s Cove where the MBTA has built its commuter rail layover station, another lawsuit for the MBTA in its series of land-takings to build South Coast Rail.

 

Weaver’s Cove Industrial Park LLC alleges it was not paid fair market value for 68 acres of land along North Main Street that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority took by eminent domain in February 2020.

 

In a 2022 civil lawsuit filed in Bristol County Superior Court, Weaver’s Cove Industrial Park LLC said it was “offered a sum of money as compensation for the taking of its land, which is grossly inadequate and does not reflect the fair market value.”

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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