It took a few decades for development to start at the Steelpointe site, and now the latest phase for the East Side property between Interstate 95 and the harbor — a 1,500-unit luxury apartment complex — is again delayed. But whereas the developers previously blamed the lack of a groundbreaking on the global coronavirus pandemic that reached Connecticut in early 2020, the current problem is related to tainted soil from the land’s industrial past. A 2005 state-funded analysis concluded the area had a range of pollutants left behind, including petroleum, heating fuel, corroded underground tanks, hydrocarbons, copper, lead, mercury, arsenic, chromium and PCBs. It has added a level of federal oversight and requirements that were not initially anticipated. That final review and authorization could take two to three months.
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