The state Bond Commission on Tuesday approved $7 million for the final cleanup of the 393-acre former Norwich Hospital property needed before it can be turned over to Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment for a planned major development. The $7 million will be held in escrow by the state Department of Economic and Community Development pending an agreement with the town on a cleanup plan and disbursement schedule. The state had used ash, from a coal-burning plant, beneath roads, parking lots and building foundations. The contamination was discovered last fall, as new First Selectwoman Sandra Allyn-Gauthier took office following the retirement of 24-year First Selectman Robert Congdon. Congdon called Tuesday’s vote a “huge step” toward getting the property ready for development. The town took ownership of the property in 2009.
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