A few weeks ago, I found a tidbit in the Holbrook (Ariz.) Tribune-News about a new program to develop property that once had old underground fuel tanks on them. More details about the program have emerged today.
Through a partnership with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), the EPA has decided to test a new program along Route 66 in Holbrook, Joseph City and Winslow. The Route 66 Development Initiative in Navajo County will be a pilot program to determine whether it is appropriate for other towns along Route 66.
Considering that many old stretches of Route 66 remain blighted because developers are too skittish of those old remediation sites, I’d say this program is long overdue.