[CPEO-BIF] Sacramento, California Railyards plan "Still Unclear"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Development Plan For Railyards Still Unclear as City Continues Infrastructure

By  Bob Moffitt
Capital Public Radio (Sacramento, CA) 
July 8, 2013

Railroad tracks have been moved. Two bridges have been built with plans for connection to 5th and 6th streets.   

But, within walking distance of that progress are 200 acres of land in various stages of environmental cleanup. 

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control has approved three of five remediation action plans for long-time owner Union Pacific to clean up the land, which is now owned by Inland American Real Estate Trust.  Inland American is in negotiation to sell the land to a master developer.

The company’s Jared Ficker says, “One of the impediments to doing that is providing the certainty that the historic or legacy contamination is going to be taken care of by the responsible party –in this case, Union Pacific.” 

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For the entire story, see
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2013/07/08/development-plan-for-railyards-still-unclear-as-city-continues-infrastructure/

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