The red arrow on this Google Maps screenshot shows the farmhouse of Frederick “Fritz” Bielo on Tess Lane in Adams Township and the location of the sewer line planned for the Franklin Acres housing plan. The Breakneck Creek Regional Authority has taken a portion of Bielo’s farm by eminent domain to place the line, which Bielo feels is unfair. Google Maps

ADAMS TWP -- More than two dozen community members attended a meeting Tuesday night at the Breakneck Creek Regional Authority in support of Adams Township landowner Frederick “Fritz” Bielo, who is embroiled in an ongoing conflict over the authority’s use of eminent domain to take a portion of land from his property.

At the meeting, which at times escalated to the point of speakers raising their voices, clapping, and talking over one another, residents asked questions of Breakneck solicitor Tom King, engineer Daniel Goncz, and board chairman William Weaver.

Speakers also spoke generally against the use of eminent domain to take a piece of Bielo’s land measuring 1,200 feet by 50 feet, 20 feet for the permanent easement, in order to place a sewer line that would service part of Cranberry Township.

“You stole my property,” Bielo said. “Many of those trees are 80 years old. For me, this is a total loss.”

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