Council Approves Mays Chapel Land Swap
The County Council signs off on exchange of 10-acre parcels with the school system that could clear the way for the construction of a controversial new elementary school.
A land swap needed for the construction of a controversial new elementary school in Mays Chapel is one step closer to fruition. The Baltimore County Council Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution approving the swap of a 10-acre wooded property for an adjacent 10-acre property made up of ballfields that is owned by the Baltimore County Public Schools system. The school system intends to use the newly-swapped property to build a new elementary school. The swap still requires the approval of the county Board of Education. The state Department of Natural Resources must also approve the deal because of open space easements on the county's parcel. Those easements are expected to be transferred over to the new parcel. Some residents who live …
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12:46 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Padonia Rd in Mays Chapel which leads to Falls Road is a nightmare during morning rush hour. The traffic is backed up bumper to bumper now with people traveling that roadway and also with the private schools located on that corridor of Falls Rd. What a future mess in the making for a two lane roadway. more ›