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Probably be like the one in Petersburg!


Walt


On Apr 14, 2007, at 12:28 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Thought you all would be interested in this news item from the  

> Hagerstown newspaper (The Daily-Mail). The 95 acres are next to  

> Vardo yard. The "unofficial" completion date of this project is  

> near the end of 2007. As you visit this area be on the look out for  

> construction progress.

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> Terry Marshall

> Hagerstown, MD

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> Wednesday April 11, 2007

> Railroad project would require annexing land into the city

> by DAN DEARTH  dan.dearth at herald-mail.com

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> HAGERSTOWN - Norfolk Southern railroad wants to use 95.2 acres on  

> the south side of Hagerstown as a storage area to keep new vehicles  

> until they're shipped to other parts of the country, according to  

> Stuart W. Bass, the city's comprehensive planner.

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> The land is near the intersection of Maryland Avenue and West Oak  

> Ridge Drive, according to a map from the city's Planning Department.

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> Bass said Tuesday after a City Council work session that the  

> railroad intends to bring the vehicles to the property by rail for  

> storage and later ship them out using trucks.

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> "It would be a large parking lot with one small building," he said.

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> Access to the property would be from West Oak Ridge Drive, Bass said.

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> A city memo from Bass to City Administrator Bruce Zimmerman shows  

> that the construction would involve grading the land and paving it.  

> The plan also calls for laying new tracks to improve access to the  

> property, and surrounding the area with a fence.

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> The project's initial cost is estimated between $8 million and $10  

> million, Bass said.

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> The City Council is required to discuss annexing the land because  

> it is contiguous with city property, he said. If that happens, the  

> city would be able to draw taxes from the property, Bass said.

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> He did not know the amount of the taxes.

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> Bass asked the council to discuss the issue further during a  

> regularly scheduled council meeting April 24.

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> The 2002 Washington County Comprehensive Plan designates the  

> property as Urban/Industrial.

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> Bass said further information, including the possible construction  

> date, is unknown.

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