The Board of Public Works this week approved $3.4M in funds to be distributed to four counties for five projects, including a little over $1M for the expansion of the Calvert Marine Museum campus. On Wednesday, the Board of Public Works approved $3.4M for counties with funds coming from Program Open Space (POS), state agency grants, prior year capital budgets, and the Rural Legacy Fund. The largest distribution went to Calvert from POS with a…

Yesterday the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a little over $7M in distributions to seven counties covering thirteen different projects. The vast majority of distributions went to Montgomery County for infrastructure improvements.  During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works, state officials approved the distribution of funds from prior year capital budgets, Program Open Space (POS), state agency grants, and Rural Legacy Funds. Of the $7M in approvals Montgomery County…

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…