(The following story by Elizabeth Janney appeared on the Elkridge Patch website on April 18, 2011.)
Officials of CSX Transportation concede they purchased land off Hanover and Race Roads and made an “unintentional factual error” when claiming otherwise.
ELKRIDGE, MD — As far as the federal government is concerned, CSX Transportation is eyeing four sites in central Maryland for its freight transfer station. But the company has now admitted it has purchased land near the proposed Hanover site and not near any of the other three locations.
Since CSX will be using federal land, accepting federal funds and needing federal permits to build the station, the company is required by Washington to be transparent with citizens potentially affected by the project.
The full story is on the Elkridge Patch website.