Lee County OKs purchase of nearly 11 acres for preservation

Lee County commissioners voted last week to buy a parcel of property to set aside for conversation. 

The 10.9-acre property is at 5040 Buckingham Road. It sits along the along the Orange River and is south of the Buckingham Community Center. 

The purchase price was $630,000, with $25,000 in estimated closing costs. The county bought the land for the Conservation 20/20 Land Acquisition Program. The environmental purchase and management program has bought 178 properties and preserved 31,757 acres.

As part of the agreement, Lee’s department of transportation will use a piece of the land along Buckingham Road and directly across from Cemetery Road for traffic signal improvements. 

The county will reimburse the 20/20 program for that land at an estimated $2,000.