The MD Board of Public Works has approved these special projects in Charles County. These projects are funded by our tax dollars and are in addition to regular services provided by the State to Charles County.
Year to Date 2009 Total: $12,063,871.68 Plus
Bay Restoration Fund, replace failing sewage disposal systems – $900,000
Benedict Central Sewer project – $400,000
Chapman’s Landing Water & Sewer Lines and Road – $150,000
Charles County Public Safety Communications Grant – $2,000,000
Lions Camp Merrick, renovation of hall and buildings – $46,274.68
Mallows Bay Park, Boat Ramp – $13,180
Marbury Volunteer Fire Dept, purchase of fire/rescue vessel – $50,000
NSWC Indian Head, energy efficiency and conservation upgrades – $2,480,000
Program Open Space – $3,442,450
Friendship Farm Park Development – $750,000
Indian Head Trail Phase II development – $251,250
Pope’s Creek Rail Line acquisition, 36 acres – $208,000
Recreation Center/Admin Building, La Plata – $639,200
Waldorf Park Development Phase I – $1,594,000
Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium
Charles County Parks, Indian Head Heritage Rail Trail – $100,000
Southern Maryland Stadium – $1,333,000
Tri-County Council, Workforce Investment Board – $348,867
Wildlife and Heritage Service, acquisition of Nanjemoy Facchina Property – $800,000
Additional allocations which were part of unspecified grants:
La Plata Water and Sewer – 3 town grants totaling
– $4,709,946 grants and $11,735,000 in loans
Cedar Point Purchase – 4 parcels purchased in 3 counties – $56,900,000
Year to Date Total: 2008 – $14,039,972
Camp Merrick Recreational Hall – $8,288
Catholic Charities, Angel Watch – $17,500
Charles County Humane Society, animal shelter – $150,000
Charles County Parks Dept, Rail Trail Development – $100,000
Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre, Folk Festival – $1,000
College of So Maryland, Science & Technology Bldg. Renovation – $766,364
Friends of Chapman State Park, plant removal – $1,000
Gilbert Run Park Center, Restrooms – $338,000
Hughesville Running Club – $1,000
Indian Head Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade – $555,928
Laurel Springs Park Baseball Lights – $63,000
Mallows Bay Public Boat Ramp - $99,000
Marbury VFD Fire/Rescue Boat – $50,000
Mattingly Park/Slavins Landing Boat Ramp Parking – $99,000
MD Dept of Transportation, Crain Information Center – $928,899
MD State Police, LaPlata ethanol fueling station - $207,000
Myrtle Grove Wildlife Mgmt Area Maintenance Shop – $458,000
Nanjemoy Creek Dredging – $150,000
Nanjemoy Natural Resource Mgmt, 275.22 acre addition – $3,735,043
New Rival, Robert Fuller House – $13,440
Potomac Heights Stormwater Mgmt. System – $50,000
Program Open Space – $6,567,500
Community Park adj. Doncaster State Forest, 108.87 acres – $605,400
Grove Farm Purchase – $3,000,000
Indian Head/White Plains Rail Trail – $1,400,000
Nanjemoy Community Park, 109 acres – $605,400
Waldorf Park Acquisition – $1,667,500
Zekiah Watershed – $500,000
Restoration of Port Tobacco Society, Anglican Church – $1,000
Restoration of Port Tobacco Society, Burch House – $43,800
Richard R. Clark Senior Center – $487,000
Southern Maryland Stadium – $7,000,000
Tri-County Council Action Committee – $4,550
Tri-County Council Drive Cam Program – $143,650
Agriculatural Land Preservation Easements, 226+ Acres – $2,234,516.54
Agricultural Land Preservation Easements, 203.7+ Acres – $1,339,402.17
Agricultural Land Preservation Easements, 77+ Acres – $585,715
Bel Alton Multi-Service Ctr. and Jude House – $137,000 for water supply and sewer
Bel Alton High School Renovation – $310,964
Benedict Central Sewer Project – $400,000 for effluent collection and treatment system
Black Box Theatre – $54,970
Charles County Dive Rescue Sonar System – $19,591.68
College of Southern MD, Building Renovation & Addition – $1,181,250
Indian Head Wastewater Treatment Plant – $200,000 for capital construction
LaPlata Wastewater Treatment Plant, Nutrient Removal Upgrade – $110,000
LaPlata Wastewater Treatment Plant, Nutrient Removal Upgrade – $200,000
Lions Camp Merrick, Renovation of Recreational Hall – $10,151.90
Mallows Bay Park Ramp – $3,045
Open Space Land Acquisition – $800,500
Pisgah Park, PProgram Open Space – $1,874,000
Port Tobacco Historic District Interpretive Train – $15,000
Rural Legacy, 190+ Acre Conservation Easement – $1,251,545.22
Rural Legacy, 113+ Acre Conservation Easement – $1,109,720.24
Slavins Park, Indian Head; Portable Restrooms – $1,325
Senior Network Adult Day Care Center – Waldorf – Refinancing – $20,000 Per Yr
Tri-County Council for So. Md. – 2008 Operating Assistance Grant – $40,000
Waterway Improvement Projects/Mallows Bay/Nanjemoy/Newburg – $450,000
Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area – $258,785.50 for 19-acre conservation easement