Light Rail
Our office has completed approximately 16 cases in Tempe and Phoenix. Some involved complete takings of properties for Park & Ride stations. Other takings consisted of easements that diminished the size of owner property. Because these takings were on busy roads like Central Avenue, Camelback, and Washington in Phoenix and Apache Boulevard in Tempe, severance damages arose. Of course severance damages are those damages that accrue to property that is left after the City takes what it needs for its public project. For light rail, that sometimes means a loss of signage, an impact on access, or building limitations, or all three.