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Council approves appropriation to reserve rail‑trail easement payments ahead of MassTrails deadline
Summary
The council discharged a budget committee item and approved moving funds into an infrastructure payment escrow to hold payments for construction easements tied to the rail‑trail project and a MassTrails grant that ends June 30; if property owners decline awards, the money will return to free cash.
The Lawrence City Council voted to discharge a budget committee item and approve an appropriation to reserve funds in an infrastructure payment account to pay property owners for construction easements tied to the city’s rail‑trail project.
Daniel McCarthy, the city’s planning director, told councilors the funds are set aside to pay property owners who were awarded easement payments under the rail‑trail project and that the underlying MassTrails grant…
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