This is from an article about the planned SR-202 South Mountain Freeway:

"How would you like it if you owned a house or a business and the state came to you and said, 'You know what, we're not going to buy this piece of land ... and in the meantime, you can't do anything with your land?' " said Cochran of Calabrea Development. "It's just wrong. It's totally against property rights and what this country is built on. You can't control someone's land without owning it."

This idea evidently hasn't made it to City Hall...