In re Condemnation by the Delaware River Port Authority

LORD, Senior Judge.

This case presents a very interesting question in the area of eminent domain law in *767Pennsylvania. The question is simply stated, but the solution presents difficulties.

The question is whether an abutting property owner, or one in the position of an abutting owner, may recover condemnation damages when the erection of sound barriers on a highway obstructs the view from the highway of a billboard erected on the property. The importance of the question is obvious in view of the recent increase in the use of sound barriers and the probability that many of them will interfere…