How Right of Way Texas Verifies Community Reports

Reports are leads, not verdicts

Right of Way Texas wants to hear from Texans affected by utility and public-infrastructure projects. But receiving a report does not make every statement in it a verified fact.

Before we rely on a report

• We identify the project, location, approximate dates, and entities involved.

• We review photographs and video in context and preserve original files where available.

• We compare the report against permits, public records, correspondence, court records, agency records, or other independent evidence where available.

• We distinguish what the submitter personally observed from what the submitter inferred or was told by someone else.

• For significant allegations, we seek a meaningful opportunity for the affected organization or person to respond before publication when appropriate.

• We review privacy, copyright, redaction, and defamation concerns before publishing sensitive material.

People may ask that their identity remain private or that a report be published anonymously. Publication permission and factual verification are separate questions: permission to publish does not eliminate the verification process.

The goal is not to collect the largest number of accusations. The goal is to build the most reliable record.