Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act
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Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act is a public lands acquisition law enacted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 22 June 1964. It permits the state to issue bonds for the purchase of lands for public parks, reservoirs, and other conservation, recreation, and historical preservation purposes, and to coordinate those purchases with local governments. The act also permits acquisition of lands by eminent domain. Once the lands are acquired under Project 70, the General Assembly must approve any disposition of these lands. [1]
The park in northeastern Pennsylvania, ten miles north of Scranton, was known as Project 70 during its construction prior to opening under the name Lackawanna State Park.
List of state parks
Below is a list of Pennsylvania state parks whose establishment or expansion was funded in part by Project 70 monies. The table includes the park name, if it was a new park or addition, the acres (hectares) acquired, the county or counties it is in, and the dates of the public hearing and approval by the governor.[2]
| Park | Type | Acres (Hectares) |
County | Public Hearing Date |
Governor Approval Date |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohiopyle State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Fayette County | 07-31-1964 | 08-08-1964 | First and largest state park acquired under Project 70; the park opened in 1965 on a limited basis and was formally dedicated in 1971 |
| Tyler State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Bucks County | 09-25-1964 | 11-17-1964 | The park was formally dedicated on May 25, 1974.[3] |
| Codorus State Park | New Park | Script error: No such module "convert". | York County | 10-30-1964 | 12-10-1964 | The park, which was originally named "Codorus Creek State Park", officially opened in 1970. |
| Nockamixon State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Bucks County | 04-23-1965 | 07-12-1965 | |
| Valley Forge State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Chester County | 04-30-1965 | 07-12-1965 | Given to the National Park Service for the United States Bicentennial in 1976; now Valley Forge National Historical Park |
| Ridley Creek State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Delaware County | 05-14-1965 | 12-06-1965 | |
| Locust Lake State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Schuylkill County | 06-04-1965 | 09-01-1965 | |
| Yellow Creek State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Indiana County | 08-13-1965 | 10-06-1965 | |
| Moraine State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Butler County | 12-02-1965 | 03-23-1966 | |
| Moraine State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Butler County | 12-02-1965 | 03-23-1966 | Old Stone House was added to the new park |
| Maurice K. Goddard State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Mercer County | 12-03-1965 | 03-23-1966 | Originally known as "Sandy Creek State Park", name was changed to honor Maurice K. Goddard |
| Pymatuning State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Crawford County | 12-04-1965 | 07-25-1966 | |
| Little Buffalo State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Perry County | 01-20-1966 | 03-23-1966 | |
| Lackawanna State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Lackawanna County | 01-28-1966 | 03-23-1966 | |
| Scranton Iron Furnaces | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Lackawanna County | 01-28-1966 | 03-23-1966 | Transferred in 1971 to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
| Marsh Creek State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Chester County | 03-11-1966 | 06-07-1966 | |
| Nolde Forest State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Berks County | 07-15-1966 | 10-21-1966 | Now Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center |
| Shikellamy State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Northumberland County | 08-26-1966 | 11-18-1966 | This is the marina portion of the park |
| Canoe Creek State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Blair County | 08-07-1966 | 01-16-1967 | |
| Laurel Ridge State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties | 05-18-1967 | 07-10-1967 | A second hearing was held 05-19-1967 |
| Evansburg State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Montgomery County | 06-15-1967 | 04-18-1968 | |
| Oil Creek State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Crawford and Venango counties | 08-10-1967 | 11-14-1967 | |
| Ohiopyle State Park | Addition | Script error: No such module "convert". | Fayette County | 06-17-1968 | 07-18-1968 | |
| Mt. Pisgah State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Bradford County | 06-23-1968 | 07-18-1968 | |
| Jacobsburg State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Northampton County | 01-30-1969 | 03-28-1969 | |
| Blue Marsh State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Berks County | 03-27-1969 | 06-30-1969 | Now Blue Marsh Lake and Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 280. Park was completed, but without funds to operate it, so was given to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, now also partly a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site |
| Allegheny River State Park | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Venango County | 05-02-1969 | 07-29-1969 | Now part of Clear Creek State Forest |
List of county parks
| Park | Type | Acres (Hectares) |
County | Public Hearing Date |
Governor Approval Date |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Lake Park[4] | New park | Script error: No such module "convert". | Luzerne County | |||
| Two Mile Run County Park[5] | New park | Venango County |
References
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- ↑ Pennsylvania Dept of Conversation and Natural Resources website [1] Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Ses., P.L. 131, No. 8), 72 P.S. §§ 3946.1-3946.22. This law implements Article VIII, Section 15 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which provides that . . . the Commonwealth may be authorized by law to create debt and to issue bonds to the amount of $70,000,000 for the acquisition of land for State parks, reservoirs and other conservation and recreation and historical preservation purposes, and for participation by the Commonwealth with political subdivisions in the acquisition of land for parks, reservoirs and other conservation and recreation and historical preservation purposes, subject to such conditions and limitations as the General Assembly may prescribe. The act authorizes the Commonwealth and political subdivisions to acquire suitable lands by eminent domain. Under the act, no lands acquired pursuant to the act may be disposed of or used for purposes other than for recreation, conservation and historical purposes without the express approval of the General Assembly.
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