[CPEO-BIF] Norwich Hospital, Preston, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup act could be boon to Preston


Opinion by RAY HACKETT
Norwich Bulletin
August 3, 2011

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will pay a visit to the former Norwich Hospital  
property in Preston later this month.

That's a pretty big deal, and could be the best news Preston has had  
since it began trying to develop the property nearly five years ago,  
because of a bill the Legislature passed this year that got little  
notice.

The governor on July 7 signed into law An Act Concerning Brownfield  
Remediation As An Economic Driver. The new law makes permanent a  
limited pilot program that provided grants to municipalities for  
brownfield remediation where contaminants prevent the property from  
being redeveloped.

Obviously, an environmentally clean site is a far more attractive  
investment for a developer.

Can you say Norwich Hospital? The biggest problem the town has had in  
attracting a developer has been the cleanup costs, at one point  
estimated at roughly $40 million.


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For the entire column, see
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/Opinion/x1158637496/Ray-Hackett- 
Cleanup-act-could-be-boon-to-Preston#axzz1U4XXImII

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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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