Toledo gets grant for coke site remediation
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority said Friday it has been awarded a $2 million grant from the State of Ohio to complete environmental remediation and demolition activities at the former Industrial Park at Beazer, also known as the former Toledo Coke site, located at the Port of Toledo.
In addition, a 40 percent matching grant of $1.38 million has been committed to redevelopment through a Housing and Urban Development Economic Development Initiative grant and an Ohio Department of Development Shovel Ready grant.
The port authority said cleanup of the 32-acre site can create numerous construction jobs and also host hundreds of new manufacturing and seaport jobs once remediation and development is complete. The agency purchased the property in 2004 for $900,000 to facilitate the land cleanup and to incorporate it into its seaport operations.
The port said the property is accessibly by rail, highway and water, and is zoned for heavy industrial development. It is located adjacent to the Norfolk Southern track and has a marine dock that, once improved, can accommodate large ships using the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. The site is also on a designated heavy-haul truck route into Michigan and Canada with nearby interstate access to interstates 75, 280 and 80/90.
Toledo gets grant for coke site remediation
