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It may be time to legislate the concept of "tunnel space". This would be similar to air space. In the US a property owner doesn't control the air above their la
by jws 9y ago
It may be time to legislate the concept of "tunnel space". This would be similar to air space. In the US a property owner doesn't control the air above their land (subject to details). Maybe Congress should declare the Earth below say 100' as not controlled by the land owner and allocated by some new agency, say the Federal Crust Administration.
Remove all of this from state, county, and municipal jurisdiction. Centralize the rules. Local government will still be controlling the portals where it must surface and interact with the surface world.
This will have to merge with mineral rights, but the intersection of mass transit and mining is minimal.
- kbenson 9y agoEvery mining company will lobby against that. It's probably easier to do it with easements and eminent domain.
- bpodgursky 9y agoThis concept already does exist, and is used by mining companies, so no they won't lobby against it. There are a lot of cities in Pennsylvania with coal mines a mile underneath them.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> This concept already does exist, No, it doesn't. You are confusing the severability and frequent separate sale of mineral rights to a federalization of all subterranean property.