Wayne County and the Wayne County Regional Land Bank have secured close to $3 million in federal and state grants, as per announcements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The funding is aimed at the assessment and cleanup of polluted and derelict sites, including four sites on Canal Street, Lyons, in the Canal/Geneva Street corridor project.
The EPA highlighted this as the largest funding in the EPA’s Brownfields grant program history due to a significant boost from the infrastructure legislation.
The Wayne County Regional Land Bank will receive $800,000 for various environmental initiatives, including site assessments, cleanup plans, and community engagement activities.
Officials said the funding would help prepare Lyons’ Canal/Geneva Street area for redevelopment, supplementing the Restore New York funding received earlier.
Wayne County is set to receive $1 million to facilitate further environmental site assessments and development of cleanup plans. In addition to this, the Land Bank has been awarded $1 million from the New York State’s Land Bank Initiative, a part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2023 state budget.
This will be used to supplement the Canal Street project, as well as other local economic development efforts.
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