Property Details for Riverfront Recapture/Hartford Riverwalk South

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Profile Information
Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Property Owner

ACRES Property ID

93784

Property Address

near Van Dyke Avenue Hartford, CT 06106

Size

Parcel Numbers

map 435, block 002, lot 005/map 434, block 007, lot 001/vol 1052,1071, p 502,577

Latitude/Longitude

41.75665 / -72.66047

Congressional District

Property Contact

Dominguez, Jessica

Dominguez.Jessica@epa.gov

617-918-1627

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Capitol Region Council of Governments	BF97179301	CT	Assessment	2007
Capitol Region Council of Governments	BF97133201	CT	Assessment	2005
Capitol Region Council of Governments	2B96109701	CT	Assessment	2009

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$66,906.00	05/30/2008	08/25/2010	Capitol Region Council of Governments	N
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$17,914.00	05/30/2008	08/25/2010	Capitol Region Council of Governments	N
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$4,991.00	05/30/2008	07/21/2009	Capitol Region Council of Governments	Y	FY11

Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $89,811.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $89,811.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.

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Contaminants and Media

Contaminant Found

Other Metals
PAHS
PCBS
Petroleum Products
VOCs

Remediating Action for Contaminants

NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up

Media Affected

Soil

Remediating Action for Media

NOT Cleaned up

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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL � Over the last 7 years, more than a billion dollars of redevelopment and new commercial projects have been built or are planned near the river and near this site. The developers behind those projects highlight the Riverfront Parks as a key city amenity and the Connecticut Convention Center staff have used the parks to secure more than a few national conventions since opening in 2005. � The largest abutting property is the Colt Factory complex which is currently being redeveloped as a mixed use property and may become a National Park in 2008. � The site is surrounded by two other completed Riverfront Parks which are in good condition and which attract as many as 900,000 visitors in a year. � The site is protected by an earthen dike and flood wall which also serves to protect the City of Hartford, and has all necessary infrastructure to support a future park.

Former Use: For more than 100 years, the site was used as an industrialized waterfront warehouse where coal and other known petroleum contaminates were stored temporarily and was also the site of a former Hartford Electric Light power plant. The site currently has multiple owners, but the City of Hartford is in the process of acquiring the rights to develop this property without purchasing it. The city�s redevelopment goal for this property is to build a new public park that connects to the existing Riverfront Park system and includes a new entrance to the park system for the Sheldon and Charter Oak neighborhoods. The plan envisions a public plaza on the east side of Van Dyke Avenue where Northeast Utilities currently stores transformers and electrical cable. The plaza will lead to a walkway under the elevated highway to an opening in the dike/flood retention wall where pedestrians can enter the riverwalk on their way to either Charter Oak Landing or Riverfront Plaza. The opening will be an operation utilizing hydraulic technology and steel gates. This operation will become a part of the City of Hartford�s flood control system and will cost the city approximately 17,000 per year to operate.

Predominant Past Usage

Commercial (2) Industry (46)

What types of funding are being used on this property?

Hazardous

State and Tribal Program Information

Date No Further Action Letter Received

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional