Minimize environmental impacts associated with industrial sprawl into clean suburban areas. Create the potential for new tax revenue to the municipality and State. Utilize existing infrastructure and thereby minimize the expansion of new infrastructure into undeveloped areas. Help reverse urban decay and revitalize our cities. Create short term construction and longer term permanent manufacturing jobs.
Remedial action is presently underway or is complete at forty-four sites.
At thirty-three of these sites the work is being funded by responsible parties with DEP oversight. All sites are listed below. It is estimated that the eleven state funded sites will create 2,500 construction jobs and a minimum of 5,000 permanent jobs in manufacturing, service, retail, research and entertainment. Additional jobs and associated benefits will be gained through responsible party redevelopment of urban sites with the cooperation of the Department of Environmental Protection. Of the eleven state funded projects, remediation is complete at four sites.