During a meeting yesterday the Board of Public Works approved $1.9M in funds for ten county governments. Funds came from Program Open Space (POS) and prior year state capital budget allocations. Of the $1.9M, the largest allocation of $600K was made to Montgomery for the construction of a new recreational trail within Rock Creek Regional Park and North Branch Stream Valley Park. About $1.5M of the total funds were appropriated from Program Open Space with…

Today during the Board of Public Works meeting $76M was approved for projects in five counties and Baltimore City from state agency loans and grants, Program Open Space, and the Rural Legacy Fund. At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Public Works (BPW) members approved a little over $76M for local jurisdiction projects. The substantial portion of funding - $73M - went to Baltimore City in the form of loans and grants from…

$2.3M was approved for allocation across five counties during the most recent meeting of the Board of Public Works.  The Board of Public Works approved nearly $2.3M in funding for county governments during the meeting yesterday. Of the funds, about $1.4M was distributed from the Rural Legacy Fund, with the largest amount of $1,058,677 going to Washington County for the acquisition of a 256.7-acre conservation easement in the Mid-Maryland Washington Rural Legacy Area. Additionally, about…

During a meeting yesterday the Board of Public Works approved $25.8M in funds for county government projects from Program Open Space (POS), state agency loans, capital budget allocations, and the Rural Legacy Fund.  Of the $25.8M, the vast majority was allocated to Howard from the Maryland Department of the Environment, to continue renovations as part of the county's flood mitigation plan. That total allocation is $18.1M. About $3.4M of the funds were appropriated from the…

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved $4.2M in funding for counties and Baltimore City, including $1.4M for Anne Arundel, and a property swap between Salisbury University and Wicomico. During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Public Works on October 1, $4.2M was approved for allocation across eight counties and Baltimore City. Of those allocations, $3.6M was from Program Open Space (POS). The largest allocation totaled $1,437,684 and went to Anne Arundel for…