Senator Marx Welcomes Key Grant Supporting East Lyme Remediation

Today, State Senator Martha Marx (D-New London) welcomed the Governor’s announcement that East Lyme will receive a $200,000 grant to conduct assessment activities at a blighted site with the intent of supporting remediation.

“Redeveloping brownfields is a key way to get properties in prime locations in our communities used again, supporting local business and bringing tax revenue back to towns,” said Sen. Marx. “I’m very encouraged to hear East Lyme is receiving this support and will watch closely as a key Main Street property can find new uses.”

East Lyme will receive the grant for assessing 278 Main Street, with the intent of seeing how contaminated the location is and how much remediating the property would cost.

The East Lyme grant is part of the $18.8 million in state grants that Governor Ned Lamont announced today that will be used for the assessment and remediation of 227 acres of contaminated land across Connecticut. The funding will support 23 properties in 19 towns and cities, helping cover the costs of cleaning up these parcels so they can be redeveloped and returned to productive use. The grants are being released through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation and Development Program..

“Old, polluted, blighted properties that have sat vacant for decades do nothing to stimulate our economy, grow jobs, and support housing growth,” Governor Lamont said. “With these grants, we are partnering with towns and developers to take unused, lifeless properties and bring them back from the dead, rejuvenating land that can be used for so much more and can bring value back to these neighborhoods.”