BOONE (AP) ó It looks like Tweetsie Railroad will stay on track in the mountains of western North Carolina.
Watauga County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to spend $3.15 million to help resolve a land dispute that threatened the future of the theme park between Boone and Blowing Rock.
The train runs across some land it only leases and two minority owners of the property wanted to end the agreement and get more money by selling or developing the land.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported that commissioners will spend the money to buy a minority interest in the land and then lease it to Tweetsie. The family-owned theme park will eventually repay the countyís cost, plus interest and expenses.
Tweetsie president Chris Robbins says the deal will allow the park to continue operations and expand.
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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, http://www.journalnow.com