CT overhauls environmental cleanup rules to spur redevelopment

CT overhauls environmental cleanup rules to spur redevelopment

Situated just minutes from Waterbury’s downtown is an old, abandoned former factory complex. It dates back to the city’s manufacturing heyday. Companies churned out metal hoses there and other goods. The site has languished for decades. What remains is concrete, a brick warehouse, a smaller structure beside it and environmental contamination. In 2017, a redevelopment entity created by the city and the Waterbury Development Corporation (WDC) boug…