Transportation Committee
Government Administration and Elections Committee
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF LAND OPTIONS BY THE ROUTE 11 GREENWAY AUTHORITY COMMISSION
SUMMARY: This act explicitly authorizes the Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission to enter into covenants or agreements with landowners to purchase options to acquire land or interests in land. The commission already has the authority to acquire or convey, by purchase or other means, any land or an interest in land within its jurisdiction.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2009
BACKGROUND
Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission
State law authorizes East Lyme, Montville, Salem, and Waterford to create, by ordinance, a Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission. By law, the commission may develop standards, with respect to the greenway, for (1) defining its initial boundaries; (2) planning its design, construction, maintenance, and management and that of an intermodal transportation access system; (3) identifying and prioritizing land that should be added to it; (4) recommending land use within it; and (5) acquiring land and securing conservation easements for it.
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