Birmingham Water Board to Meet on Locust Fork Land Sale

August 13th, 2009

The Birmingham Water Works Board will hold a board meeting Friday, August 14 at 8:30 a.m. to vote on the controversial Locust Fork land sale.

According to Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke, “it looks like they’re going to try and fast-track the sale to the highest bidder.”

“Essentially what we have now is a bidding war, he said.

The meetings are open to the public. To learn more about what’s going on, a few articles are linked here.

Opposition Mounts to Locust Fork Land Sale

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