[CPEO-BIF] Former gas station, Washington Depot, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Future of a Key Parcel Is a Washington Mystery


By Jack Coraggio
Litchfield County Times (CT)
December 23, 2010

WASHINGTON - Anyone passing through Washington Depot recently may have 
observed more activity at the long vacant site of a former gas station 
than during any time since it was actually a gas station. While the 
purpose of the work is known, it's also symbolic of the greatest real 
estate mystery in town - what the future holds for the former Texaco 
station.

Sitting squarely in Washington Depot, adjacent to Bryan Memorial Town 
Hall, the former fueling station and garage has been vacant for the 
better part of five years. Until this fall, activity on the property has 
been relatively measured, but a private environmental cleanup effort 
recently saw activity increase precipitously.

It was a service station for more than 50 years, and the soil around the 
property, owned by John Ficalora of the New York-based Afco Enterprises, 
was a bit contaminated. That much is known. Also, given its position 
relative to the area's watershed (and practically abutting the Shepaug 
River), the town's land-use office said the state Department of 
Environmental Protection won't allow another gas station.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2010/12/23/news/doc4d136e3ace405497441080.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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