A dam-removal project and the assessment of contamination at the former home of a newspaper are among a dozen projects in 11 communities receiving a total of $15.2 million in grants and loans from the state. Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday that his administration will release $15.2 million in state funding to support assessment and remediation activities at the 12 blighted properties across Connecticut. The funding will help cover the cost of cleaning up these unused, polluted parcels so they can be redeveloped and returned to productive use. The grants will be distributed through the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation and Development Program. The latest round of funding will support investigation and cleanup activities on a total of 267 acres and are expected to leverage more than $81 million in private investments, state officials said.

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