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Government
Board of Public Works approves $14.4 million land dealPublished 01/08/09
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland board approved spending $14.4 million Wednesday to buy more than 4,700 acres of privately owned forest land in Worcester County, a deal that has been questioned because of its cost at a time when the state is facing a budget crisis.
The Board of Public Works voted unanimously to approve the land purchase, which will be paid for with about $9.3 million from Maryland's Program Open Space, a program aimed at conservation that is funded by the state's real estate transfer tax. About $5.1 million comes from federal money.
The land on Maryland's Eastern Shore is considered to be of high ecological...
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