Interior Secretary Salazar optimistic about making deal with landowners for Flight 93 memorialSOMERSET, Pa. — The government has made “substantial progress” in negotiating with the seven landowners whose property is needed so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday. Pa. landowners: Close to deals with government over land for Flight 93 memorialPITTSBURGH — The government is close to reaching a deal with several western Pennsylvania landowners who have property on the site where a Flight 93 National Memorial is to be built, possibly eliminating the need for the National Park Service to seize the land. Deadline to sell looms for Pa. land owners with property around planned Flight 93 memorialSHANKSVILLE, Pa. — The federal government says Friday is the deadline to get land needed for the Flight 93 National Memorial in western Pennsylvania without using eminent domain. Government says it will negotiate for 1 week before seizing land for Flight 93 memorialSOMERSET, Pa. — The federal government will negotiate with landowners for one week in an attempt to get property needed to build a Flight 93 memorial without using eminent domain, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday. Government reverses course, now says it won’t seize land for Flight 93 memorialSOMERSET, Pa. — The federal government backtracked Friday and decided not to seize the western Pennsylvania property needed to build a Flight 93 memorial, saying instead it would renew negotiations with landowners. About 950 acres of land acquired for Flight 93 memorial in southwestern Pa.SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — The National Park Service has acquired about 950 acres of land for the Flight 93 National Memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania. Flight 93 memorial advisory member resigns over intent to take land by eminent domainSOMERSET, Pa. — A member of a commission helping to organize a Flight 93 memorial has resigned because of the government’s plan to take property owners’ land in southwestern Pennsylvania for the project. US to resort to land condemnation to get property for Flight 93 memorial in PennsylvaniaPITTSBURGH — One man inherited property that his grandfather bought during the Depression. A Lutheran pastor owns a cottage where he planned to retire with his wife. Two others own businesses. Government says it will begin land condemnation to get property for Flight 93 memorialPITTSBURGH — The National Park Service says it will begin taking land for the Flight 93 memorial in western Pennsylvania from property owners because negotiations have proven unsuccessful. |
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