Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title, or a lesser interest in real estate, by purchase, dedication, donation, condemnation, agreement in lieu of condemnation, or otherwise, to parcels of land along the Delaware River and in the bed of the former Kensington & Tacony Railroad, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Henon
Introduced: March 21, 2019
Signed: June 13, 2019
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the City to acquire land along the Delaware River and in a former railroad bed for public parks and recreation use.
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