The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved the new agreement with state agencies that will allow the cleanup to resume at the former Norwich Hospital property to prepare to turn the property over to Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment for proposed major development. The agreement among the town, Mohegan Tribe and state Department of Economic and Community Development was approved Tuesday by the Preston Redevelopment Agency and has been signed by DECD Commissioner David Lehman. Last summer, the state provided a $7 million grant to be added to a $2 million loan the town had secured previously to finish the cleanup. The state legislature affirmed that the town could use the state grant before tapping into the loan. The new agreement allows the town to expand previously designated consolidation areas to place the ash and allows the town to use $5 million of the state grant to clean the property to the point where it can be conveyed to the tribe. The remaining $4 million will be placed in escrow to be used for further cleanup based on specific development plans.
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