A LULU of a Case: Gauging Property Value Impacts in Rural Areas (Attitudes of Residents‪)‬

THE DAYS WHEN WELL-INTENDED CIVIC LEADERS could develop and build necessary infrastructure without some type of regulatory review are long gone. One person's irrigation project is another's nuclear waste dump. In undeveloped rural areas, it seems a road cannot be widened without triggering an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS"). Measuring and commenting on environmental impacts has long been the domain of civil engineers and scientists. However, today, the siting of any such locally undesirable land use, sometimes referred to as a LULU, may require expert comment on potential property value impacts.