[CPEO-BIF] Tire Centers site, Wooster, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

City of Wooster to clean up former auto-repair property turned brownfield

By Bryce Buyakie
Wooster Daily Record (OH)
September 20, 2022

WOOSTER − The city aims to clean up a 15-year-old abandoned brownfield property downtown that has contaminated soil and groundwater.

Once an auto-repair facility called Tire Centers Inc., located at 517 E. Liberty St., its empty garages and concrete have created a hazard, Councilman Scott Myers said at Monday's meeting.

To level the site, clean groundwater, excavate soils and repair the streetscape, the costs could reach $920,000, according to the city, which will apply for an Ohio Department of Development Brownfield Remediation Program Round II grant. The program could see up to $775,000 go toward the clean-up project, according to an ordinance council passed at the meeting.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.the-daily-record.com/story/news/local/2022/09/20/city-aims-to-clean-brownfield-property-in-downtown-wooster/69505223007/

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Lenny Siegel
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