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Local control over reuse decisions of German brownfield sites (Industriebrache) is a critical factor. Industrial sites tend to be remote due to zoning laws, and incur costly overhead for providing infrastructure such as utilities, disposal services and transportation. [citation needed] In 1989, a brownfield of the Ruhrgebiet became Emscher Park ...
The Brownfield Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, passed by the Bush Administration in 2002, granted additional funding for clean-up. The European Union has both the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund to aid in the remediation of these brownfield sites. [4]
When a brownfields site is in a state response program, the responsible party is protected from enforcement. [12] This protection and the available resources to provide environmental site assessments and limited cleanups are the attributes that encourage the revitalization of historic sites with an industrial past.
More information on the program is available on the City of Lima website at bit.ly/3wtob33. Questions can be directed to Martin at 419-223-7281 or at amber.martin@cityhall.lima.oh.us . Show comments
The local authority has secured £2.2m of government funding to recondition brownfield sites for housing, and clearance of two sites in Bentilee and Shelton is a few months away.
In 2018, it published a research report stating that the government had underestimated the amount of brownfield sites in the New Territories, with the government estimating 1,300 hectares, and Liber Research Community finding 1,521 hectares. [3] [4] Additionally in 2018, it found that around 300 hectares of government land was underutilized. [5]
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[11] [13] Overall, brownfield land is a site previously developed for industrial or commercial purposes and thus requires further development before reuse. [11] [14] Many contaminated post-industrial brownfield sites sit unused because the cleaning costs may be more than the land is worth after redevelopment.