New London Awarded State Brownfield Remediation Grant

NEW LONDON, CT — The city will receive a $200,000 grant through the state Department of Economic and Community Development to support future remediation of six parcels in town.

"Redeveloping these sites will provide strong opportunities for our city to reuse key properties to benefit the city for decades to come," Sen. Martha Marx (D-New London) said in a statement. "I will follow this work closely as I'm excited by the prospect of cleaning up these locations and finding new ways to revitalize them."

The grant, issued through the Brownfield Remediation and Development Program, will prepare environmental site assessments of six parcels on Bank Street and Meridian Street in New London to determine a remediation strategy for future revitalization of the properties.

Completing the work will enable New London to utilize an existing federal Environmental Protection Agency grant worth $1 million to aid remediation activities at the sites.

"This latest Brownfield Grant is yet another significant investment by the state in the redevelopment of downtown New London," Mayor Michael Passero said in a statement. "We are extremely grateful for the Governor's partnership and the work of our state delegation that is helping to drive the great economic revival of our central business district."