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The Scarborough Land Trust and partnering groups will receive $1.4 million for projects and planning to protect the marsh from the impacts of climate change.
Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth are looking to remove part of a road that often floods, damages the marsh it cuts through.
The Town Council agrees to fund up to 78% of the $270,000 cost of the parcel, which connects to more than 700 other acres of preserved land on the west side of town.
With 5,391 acres now protected, the town has begun work to preserve an additional 4,030 acres.
The town council has unanimously approved the resolution in support of the campaign to conserve at least 30 percent of the town's land and water by 2030.