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Waller County approves letter and due diligence to pursue 1,400-acre purchase from City of Houston
Summary
The commissioners court accepted a letter of intent and authorized due diligence studies for a proposed purchase of roughly 1,400 acres the City of Houston bought decades ago, moving to use a $25 million state grant toward the land purchase and preliminary design for regional detention and park amenities.
Waller County commissioners on June 11 voted to accept a letter outlining a proposed purchase-sale agreement with the City of Houston for about 1,400 acres and separately approved a contract to perform due-diligence studies on the property.
The land, purchased by Houston in the early 1990s as a potential secondary airport site and later used in part for wetlands mitigation, has been idle for decades, county staff said. County officials said state legislators secured $25 million in grant funding to help acquire the property. The county indicated the purchase price is just under $19 million, leaving…
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