MARQUETTE, MI— Two Upper Peninsula projects are getting Brownfield Redevelopment funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
The City of Escanaba will get $700,000 to help turn the former Delta County Jail into a Hampton Inn hotel. The grant will pay for the transport and disposal of soil and groundwater contaminated with metals and petroleum compounds. It will also pay for a vapor mitigation system.
And $1 million is slated for the Union Carbide dock in Sault Ste. Marie. It will pay for the transport and disposal of contaminated soil and for the demolition of underground infrastructure.
A separate $2.2 million EGLE Shore Power Grant will support reduced emissions from ships docking at the port.
