Quote: In my case, it's about 15-20 feet underground, so I don't get compensated in any way. But I'm allowed to plant on top of it, so really on a day to day basis, I never even notice it. They won't let you plant deep rooted trees around it but since it's in the middle of my vineyard thats not a problem.

 

Generally speaking, if it's something that requires permanent removal of your crop, they will pay you well above market value for the land. In most cases, guys don't mind at all if it's 2 acres straight off the end of their land, because they will make $100,000 for giving up 2 acres and they just move their row ends back 50 feet. We get more cranky about it if it's something that runs haphazardly through a field, like power lines cutting diagonally or something.

 

 

Depends on the piece of land.

I work for a company that builds and maintains the natural gas and electrical grid in a large part of the Netherlands. If we want to lay our pipes or cables through private ground we have to compensate the owner a set amount (€1,000 plus something like €2 per meter) and they aren't allowed to build any structures on top of our infrastructure, not even a garden shed. Of course our equipment is only two to four feet deep.

 

Of course, this has absolutely no relevance to you or this discussion. I just like talking about my work.

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