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Garrett County commissioners approve sale of abandoned rail bed to local auto shop for $1

5534408 · August 6, 2025
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The Garrett County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to sell a strip of abandoned rail bed adjacent to a business to Mark W. Piper/TA Piper's Auto and Collision for $1; commissioners said the land currently serves no county purpose.

Garrett County commissioners approved a resolution to sell a strip of county-owned, abandoned rail bed that bisects private property on the west side of Maryland Route 39 to Mark W. Piper, doing business as TA Piper's Auto and Collision, for the sum of $1.

The board voted to approve the sale after staff described the parcel as “a stretch of an old rail bed that's been abandoned that bisects Mr Piper's property,” and said it…

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