It is finished!

We left to drive out of our driveway and to our amazement!!!!!! there were no cones, no flashing blinking things, no torn up roadway! Oh my goodness we actually had no backup beepers, no backhoes, no big CAT machines anywhere near. I am still in shock. It was incredible. They were there all there earlier and now although it's been a full 11 months the road in front of our home is finished. The so called driveway is a very fancy full paved and striped thing passing about 10 feet in front of our walkway. The city has no intention of leaving Willy his property. They claim eminent domain and he has been fighting them in court for years but they made the "driveway" a little tooooo nice for him to have any chance of getting to keep his property. Our Bishop is losing his land also. They have given him less than a year to get out. Eminent domain there too. A new county jail will be placed. Do we ever really own our property if the government can just come in and take it and not compensate for it?