The Department of Economic and Community Development has invested $68.4 million in grants and loans to 159 brownfields throughout the state, according to a new published report on the Connecticut Open Data website.
The bulk of the financial assistance came in the last two fiscal years as the state awarded $42.3 million to 23 sites in 2013 and 2014. The data covers all financial assistance to brownfields starting Sept. 1, 2001.
The state has made a significant push to redevelop brownfields into protective use since Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took office in 2011, with the state passing new laws to ease liability restrictions for contaminated properties.
The largest of the state-assisted projects is a $16 million grant to clean up environmental contamination and replace a bulkhead on a 14-acre Bateman Way site in Stamford. The grant was awarded to developer TL76 Holdings LLC.
Stamford has the most state-assisted brownfield redevelopment grants and loans (12), followed by Hartford (10), Bridgeport (nine), Norwalk (seven), and New Haven (six).
