Rome Gets $200,000 For Brownfield Cleanup

Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have secured over $1.5 million in federal funding for clean-up at Brownfield sites around upstate New York.

Rome will get $200,000 to clean-up the former Rome-Turney Radiator Company site on Canal Street.

There's an estimated 2,000 tons of contaminated soil at the site, which will need to be cleaned up before the property can be re-used.

“These federal funds provided by the EPA will help communities around Upstate New York make critical infrastructure investments for economic development and environmental restoration,” said Senator Gillibrand a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. “By investing in our brownfields, we are able to turn these sites into usable spaces, revitalizing neighborhoods, attracting new businesses, creating new jobs, and improving environmental conditions in the region.

The funding comes from the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program.