[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Cleanup Underway at Stratford Army Engine Plant, " CT

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup Underway at Stratford Army Engine Plant

By Mike Mavredakis
Connecticut Post
March 15, 2022

STRATFORD — After two decades of sitting idly, there is once again movement at the former Army Engine Plant.

The plant, which once was known for building aircraft engines has languished for years awaiting hazardous waste cleanup and development.

Recently, there are signs of work going on at the property, located at 550 Main Street. Bryan Purtell, a media relations manager from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, confirmed that work is underway to remove sediment containing harmful chemicals and mercury.

The army still owns the site, but there are plans for a private developer, Point Stratford Renewal, to take it over, Purtell said. The transition could happen as soon as April or May, he said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/defense/news/21260389/cleanup-underway-at-stratford-army-engine-plant

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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