[CPEO-BIF] "Allegheny County [Pennsylvania] Looking To Develop 150 Acres Surrounding Carrie Furnace Site":

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Allegheny County Looking To Develop 150 Acres Surrounding Carrie Furnace Site 

By SARAH SCHNEIDER 
90.5 WESA Public Radio (Pittsburgh, OA)
December 21, 2015

The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County is looking for development options for more than 150 acres of brownfield space surrounding a former steel yard in Rankin.

County officials opened the $14.5 million overpass connecting the site surrounding Carrie Furnace to the existing Rankin Bridge on Monday. The authority said the site could absorb 1,000 jobs in the first 10 years now that the overpass is complete.

The Carrie Furnace Flyover Bridge (highlighted in yellow in the map below) opened Monday. The project connects the Rankin Bridge to 168 acres of brownfield along the Monongahela River.

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For the entire article, see
http://wesa.fm/post/allegheny-county-looking-develop-150-acres-surrounding-carrie-furnace-site

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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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