In re Condemnation by the Commonwealth

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

Ivan Popkin and Susan Popkin, his wife (Popkins) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County dismissing their preliminary objections to a declaration of taking filed by the Department of General Services (DGS). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

*237On August 30, 1982 a declaration of taking was filed by the DGS as part of a regional condemnation undertaken by the DGS for the creation of the Lehigh Gorge State Park (Lehigh Gorge). Included in the acquisition is a parcel of land owned by the Popkins, and located in Kidder Township,…