2015 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:03:56 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Abandoned Rail Redevelopment, Lawrence, Massachusetts
 
200K to Lawrence for Abandoned Rail Redevelopment Promise of Future Jobs and Rail Trail

by Tom Duggan
Valley Patriot (MA)
March 7, 2015

Lawrence, MA – Today Nancy Barmakian of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas join Mayor Daniel Rivera to announce a $200,000 grant to plan for the future reuse and revitalization of the Manchester & Lawrence Rail Road (MLRR) line. Lawrence was one of 20 communities nation-wide selected to receive EPA’s Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant.

The grant will focus on ways to better use the MLRR for unlocking underutilized commercial parcels and transform the rail line to passive recreation and open space. The study area will go from Merrimack Street, where EPA has already committed funds for asbestos remediation of the Merrimac Paper site, to Manchester Street, at which the rail trail will connect to the award-winning Spicket River Greenway.

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For the entire article, see
http://valleypatriot.com/200k-to-lawrence-for-abandoned-rail- redevelopment-promise-of-future-jobs-and-rail-trail/

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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
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