Land For New Blair Co., Prison To Cost Nearly $600,000

Blair County Prison land deal: New details on cost and where it stands

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — New details have been released about the potential price tag on a plot of land commissioners are looking to buy for the new Blair County Prison. County commissioners originally said the letter of intent to purchase over 80 acres of forested land along Dunnings Highway in Duncansville from Pennsylvania Terminals Corp., [...]

Land For New Blair Co., Prison To Cost Nearly $600,000

Blair County is moving forward with plans to purchase over 80 acres of land in Duncansville for a new prison at a cost of nearly $600,000.  The cost of the land was released after The Altoona Mirror filed a Right-to-Know request for a Letter-of-Intent regarding the purchase.  In January the Mirror reported that two parcels totaling 83 acres, situated behind the former Inlow’s Drive-In, in Duncansville is where the Blair County Commissioners plan…