SOMERSET, 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.
But if no agreement is reached by June 12, the government will then seize the needed land.
The plane was en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2001. Investigators believe the hijackers’ plan was to crash into the Capitol or another target in Washington.
Salazar said the government has a "moral obligation” to complete the $58 million, 2,200-acre memorial by the 10-year anniversary of the attacks.
Landowners will receive fair-market value for their property, Salazar said. Going forward, the head of the National Park Service’s acquisitions program will be directly responsible for communicating with the families, he said.
Negotiations will begin with vigor next week, Salazar said.
by the associated press
But if no agreement is reached by June 12, the government will then seize the needed land.
The plane was en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2001. Investigators believe the hijackers’ plan was to crash into the Capitol or another target in Washington.
Salazar said the government has a "moral obligation” to complete the $58 million, 2,200-acre memorial by the 10-year anniversary of the attacks.
Landowners will receive fair-market value for their property, Salazar said. Going forward, the head of the National Park Service’s acquisitions program will be directly responsible for communicating with the families, he said.
Negotiations will begin with vigor next week, Salazar said.
by the associated press
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