Malheur County officials are selling off an unfinished rail depot and industrial park for a fraction of the public money poured into the eastern Oregon project.

Malheur County and its development arm, the Malheur County Development Corp., have agreed to take $10 million for a project that has cost the public an estimated $37 million.

Local officials cast the sale as a good deal.

“The public’s investment in Malheur County will be utilized, put to use and generate additional business opportunity and growth,” according to a statement from Dan Joyce, Malheur County judge, who chairs the county commission.

“Taxpayers routinely see investment in transportation infrastructure as a core responsibility of the state, akin to road and bridge improvements,” said Shawna Peterson, executive director

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