The final cleanup of a former plant site in Manitowoc will happen.
During his State of the Cities address last night, Mayor Justin Nickels announced the Environmental Protection Agency is awarding the city a share of a Brownfield grant to help clean up the rest of the Mirro property on Washington Street.
The $1.9 million will be used to clean up the Washington St. side of the plant property including the demolition of the final concrete building slab, excavation of soil, and the demolition of the utility tunnel network.
After that, new concrete and clean fill would replace the old, contaminated soil that’s plagued the property from getting developed.
Nickels also mentioned a development agreement the city has for the property.
“A workforce housing apartment complex,” he described. “It would be about a 59-unit apartment complex. The last thing they have to do is apply for the tax credits which would come up in 2025.”
Nickels says construction wasn’t justified because of what was left with the old Mirro property even with the tax credits, but with the federal funding, the area could start to be cleaned up later this fall.
The downtown plant, also known as Plant 2, was demolished in 2017, but the land didn’t have any development.
The City of Brillion is also getting $500,000 from the EPA to be used for the redevelopment of the Brillion Iron Works area on North Parkway Drive.